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Kinsey Milhone. Kay Scarpetta is created by Patricia {Cornwell;} V.I.Warshawski by Sara {Paretsky;} Carlotta Carlyle by Linda Barnes.
California. She lived in the fictional town of Santa Theresa, about a hundred miles north of L.A.
Santa Teresa. Santa Teresa is 95 miles north of Los Angeles.
Henry Pitts. She lives in a garage that has been turned into a small loft apartment right behind Henry's house.
Volkswagon . She loves her little car.
Twice. Yep, she has two ex-husbands.
Her aunt. She was raised by her aunt. She always thought that she had no other relatives. However she does have some cousins.
Have a letter in the title. All her books start with a letter and they go in order. A is the first book, B is the second, etc. Janet Evanovich novels have a number in the titles.
Rosie's. I am not sure that she really likes the food at Rosie's but she likes the clientele.
California Fidelity. As described in Chapter 1, Kinsey at one time worked for California Fidelity Insurance Company, but at this point they have a "loose relationship." "I do a certain number of investigations for them in exchange for two rooms with a separate entrance and small balcony..."
Laurence Fife. Nikki Fife hired Kinsey to find out who really killed her husband; she had been inaccurately tried and convicted of the murder, and spent eight years in jail for it. As she said, "By the time Laurence died, I didn't give a damn about him."
Santa Teresa. "Often it is sixty-seven degrees and fair. The nights are consistenty cool. Seasonally it does rain but the rest of the time, one day looks very much like the next and the constant, cloudless blue sky has a peculiar, disorienting effect..."
| While Kinsey is investigating the murder victim's death, she is also working a case for the insurance company. Marcia Threadgill was collecting insurance money for what accident? | "A is for Alibi" by Sue Grafton
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she stumbled over a cracked concrete sidewalk. Kinsey, investigating for California Fidelity, read that the claim was only for $4800. However, the company wanted to be sure the claim hadn't been "trumped-up."
1968 VW. "The VW's a '68, one of those vague beige models with assorted dents. It neds a tune-up but I never have time."
poisoned with oleander. We learn about his death through Kinsey remembering the case: "He was taking medication for numerous allergies and before he went to bed, he downed his usual capsule ... he'd died as a result from ingesting oleander, ground to a fine powder and substituted for the medication in the capsule he took..."
making crossword puzzles and baking. "My landlord, Henry Pitts, is a former commercial baker, who makes a living now, at the age of 81, by devising obnoxiously difficult crossword puzzles ..."
Laurence's partner. Charlie Scorsoni is introduced in Chapter 4. By the end of the book, we all figure out that he is the real murderer!
Dog Groomer. Laurence's first wife, Gwen, opened her own business - a dog groomer. I love Kinsey's issues with dogs throughout this series!! One of my favorite insights into her personality is when she describes her feelings about canines: "Dogs and I do not get along. The inevitably stick their snouts right in my crotch, sometimes clamping themselves around my leg as thought to do some kind of two-legged dance."
he is deaf. Nikki had a mild case of the German Measles before she knew she was pregnant with Colin. Colin was Laurence's son and is 12 years old.
Bob Dietz. Robert Dietz makes his first appearance in Chapter 9, but just in passing. In a couple of years, he plays a major role in her professional and personal life.
the deceased's secretary. Sharon was willing to give Kinsey information related to Laurence's death, but because Kinsey was late in meeting her, Sharon was killed. "Sharon was sprawled out on the living-room floor ..."
2. After Arlette gives her a lecture about being fat, Kinsey heads off to her room. "I've been in room number 2 about twenty times and it is always dreary in a comforting sort of way."
| Scorsoni insists on taking Kinsey out to eat on Saturday when she gets home from LA. They go to the Ranch House. What is Kinsey's usual Saturday night restaurant? | "A is for Alibi" by Sue Grafton
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Rosie's Tavern. Although Kinsey does love her QP with cheese, her usual hangout is Rosie's, a dingy tavern just down her block. Her favorite spot is the booth in the back.
Charlie Scorsoni. "He glanced over at me. In his right hand was a butcher knife with a ten-inch blade. I blew him away."
Santa Teresa policewoman. "I must have had vague, idealistic notions of law and order, the good guys versus the bad, with occasional court appearance in which I'd be asked to testify as to which was which. In my view, the bad guys would go to jail, thus making is safe for the rest of us to carry on. After a while, I realized how naive I was..."
Beverly Danziger. After "breezing" into Kinsey's office, she surveys Mrs. Danziger. "She was in her late thirties by my guess; petite, energetic, well groomed."
locate her sister. Kinsey can't believe that Beverly wants to pay her $30.00 to simply locate her sister. But, she says "... I feel I have already devoted quite enough time to this ... I fully intend to have the estate reimburse me out of Elaine's share since she caused all this trouble to begin with ... "
Elaine never came that year. Mr. Makowski quickly tells Kinsey that Elaine just didn't show up. Instead, a friend of Elaine's was subletting the condo. Of course, subletting is not allowed, according to the condominium bylaws ... the plot thickens ... !!!
a $12,000 fur coat. According to Tillie, "... Marty used to get a little snippy about Elaine's attitude ... that fur coat of hers is case in point. She knew Leonard and Marty were in financial straits, but she'd wear the coat over there to play bridge." When she was last seen, Elaine was wearing that fur coat, with its matching turban.
she was in a car accident. Pat says that she just was in a car accident and didn't like people to see her like that. However, later in the book, we learn that she had had plastic surgery done so that people wouldn't recognize her to be Marty Grice.
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