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C Is for Corpse
A Kinsey Millhone
by Sue Grafton
ISBN: 0805028188
ISBN-13: 9780805028188
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Bobby Callahan can't remember who tried to kill him, or why, but he knows someone is after him. He desperately asks private detective Kinsey Millhone for protection, but before he can regain his memory, Bobby is found dead and Kinsey is left looking for an elusive and highly effective killer.
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Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Published date: 1986
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Pages: 243
Publisher's Notes
Fearing that the assailant who had once tried to kill him--and had left him badly scarred and partially amnesiac--would again try to murder him, Bobby Callahan turns to Kinsey Millhone for help.
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"C" is for Corpse (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries)
Sue Grafton
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