Kinsey Millhone Books in Order
Sue Grafton's long-running detective series follows Kinsey Millhone, a sharp-witted private investigator working out of fictional Santa Teresa, California. Each installment is titled after a letter of the alphabet, running from A to Y before the author's death left the series unfinished.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Sue Grafton
A Is for Alibi (1982) is a novel by Sue Grafton, the first in the Kinsey Millhone series. Kinsey Millhone, a tough-talking former cop and…
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Buy on AmazonB is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
1986 · Sue Grafton
Beverly Danziger approached Kinsey Millhone with a problem that seemed simple, but her nervous energy suggested otherwise. Millhone took the case,…
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Buy on AmazonC is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3)
1986 · Sue Grafton
A young man named Bobby Callahan, badly injured and amnesiac after a car crash he believes was attempted murder, hires Kinsey to find out who wanted…
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Buy on AmazonD is for Deadbeat (Sue Grafton)
1987 · Sue Grafton
A scruffy ex-con called John Daggett hires Kinsey to deliver a check, then turns up dead in the harbor, ruled a drunken drowning. Kinsey suspects…
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Buy on AmazonE is for Evidence (Sue Grafton)
1988 · Sue Grafton
Kinsey investigates a suspected arson claim at a California manufacturing plant, only to find herself framed as the one who took a bribe to falsify…
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Buy on AmazonF is for Fugitive (Sue Grafton)
1989 · Sue Grafton
Kinsey travels to the small coastal town of Floral Beach to help Bailey Fowler, who fled after being accused of a teenage girl's murder seventeen…
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Buy on AmazonG is for Gumshoe (Sue Grafton)
1990 · Sue Grafton
Hired to check on an elderly woman living alone in the Mojave Desert, Kinsey simultaneously learns that a dangerous man she once helped imprison has…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Sue Grafton
Kinsey Millhone, the protagonist, had hoped for some solitude but found her plans disrupted by two events. She became involved in a murder case, and…
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Buy on AmazonI is for Innocent (Sue Grafton)
1992 · Sue Grafton
Kinsey is hired by attorney Lonnie Kingman to finish the work of a recently deceased investigator on a wrongful-death civil suit. The defendant was…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Sue Grafton
An insurance company asks Kinsey to look into Wendell Jaffe, a man presumed dead by suicide five years ago whose widow collected on his policy—until…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Sue Grafton
Lorna Kepler was a beautiful and independent woman who often sought danger. Her death raised many questions, as the police could not determine if it…
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Buy on AmazonL is for Lawless (Sue Grafton)
1995 · Sue Grafton
A neighbor's request to help with a denied military burial benefit leads Kinsey into the tangled legacy of a dead man with a hidden past. The trail…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Sue Grafton
The wealthy Malek family hires Kinsey to find Guy, the long-estranged black-sheep brother who vanished eighteen years ago, now due a share of a large…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Sue Grafton
In this novel by Sue Grafton, investigator Kinsey Millhone takes on the job of finding the truth about the suspicious death of the sheriff in Nota…
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Buy on Amazon"O" Is for Outlaw (Sue Grafton)
1999 · Sue Grafton
A tip about a long-lost box of belongings forces Kinsey to confront her own past and her first ex-husband, Mickey Magruder, a disgraced cop she…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Sue Grafton
Kinsey is hired by an ex-wife to look into the disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell, a nursing-home administrator who vanished without a trace amid a…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Sue Grafton
Working a genuine cold case, Kinsey teams with two ailing retired detectives to identify a young woman whose stabbed body was found unclaimed beside…
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Buy on AmazonR is for Ricochet (Sue Grafton)
2004 · Sue Grafton
Kinsey takes a simple-sounding job escorting Reba Lafferty home from prison and keeping her on the straight path for her wealthy father. But Reba is…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Sue Grafton
A documentary filmmaker named Daisy hires Kinsey to discover what became of her mother, Violet Sullivan, who drove off one night in 1953 and was…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Sue Grafton
A routine background check for an insurance defense case puts Kinsey in contact with Solana Rojas, a caregiver hired for an elderly neighbor. Sensing…
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Buy on AmazonU is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone, #21)
2009 · Sue Grafton
A young man approaches Kinsey claiming that as a boy he witnessed two men burying something on a property—possibly tied to a notorious decades-old…
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Buy on AmazonW is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
2013 · Sue Grafton
The 23rd novel in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" series, published 2013. Two deaths change Kinsey's life: a local PI gunned down near the…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Sue Grafton
In 1989, Kinsey looks into a blackmail threat against a young man recently released from custody for a crime committed years earlier as a teenager,…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Kinsey Millhone books in?
Publication order — Author Sue Grafton and publisher (Putnam/Holt) numbered the novels A through Y; readers and bookseller guides universally recommend reading in this sequential alphabetical/publication order. Start with “"A" is for Alibi.”
How many books are in the Kinsey Millhone series?
We list 23 books by Sue Grafton , published between 1986–2017.
Where can I buy the Kinsey Millhone books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.