Q is for quarry : a Kinsey Millhone mystery / Sue Grafton.
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
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- ISBN: 0399149155
- ISBN: 9780399149153
- ISBN: 0425192725
- ISBN: 9780425192726
- Physical Description: 385 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Putnam's, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
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- "A Marian Wood book."Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- "Marian Wood book.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 19 86593.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Richlands Branch Library | FIC GRAFTON (Text) | 36015001309414 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC GRAFTON (Text) | 36015001097225 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Grafton (Text) | 31010000662371 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F GRAFTON (Text) | 39493103513521 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | M Grafton (Text) | 34269000667965 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F GRAFTON (Text) | 30664100105094 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F GRA (Text) | 80605000881101 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F GRA (Text) | 50503011034750 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | MFIC GRA (Text) | 31111001967842 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344100966405 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
