O is for Outlaw

A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

By: Sue Grafton

Narrated by: Judy Kaye

Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. The weekend before, he'd bought a stack of cardboard boxes. In one, there was a collection of childhood memorabilia with Kinsey's name all over it.

Though she's never been one for personal possessions, curiosity is a powerful force. What she finds among the items is an old undelivered letter to her that will force her to reexamine her beliefs about the breakup of her first marriage...about the honor of her first husband...and about an old unsolved murder. It will put her life in the gravest peril.

Through 14 books, listeners have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past: a morsel here, a dollop there. You know about the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one has remained a blip on the screen. Until now. "O" Is for Outlaw is a revealing excursion into Kinsey's past.

©199 9 (P)1999 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Romantic Times Award Winner - Best PI Novel, 1999

"Grafton works with a cinematic eye, possessing a keen visual sense of detail, color, and style. The pace is fast, the crime difficult to solve." (People)

Good Story

I prefer Mary P readings, Henry sounds like an old woman by Judy Kaye. I liked the story, it got better as it went along.

loved it

loved it, great ending. a lot of twists and turns. shows maturity in the writing.

Performance missed the mark

After listening to A thru N read by Mary Phiefer, this performance was all wrong. The charaters that we have all come to know and love (Henry, Rosie, William, etc) were just off. For example, the discription that we get about Henry, doesn't match the voice Judy Kaye lent him. She gave him a high pitched, frail, shaking voice....it was so distracting.

one of Sue Graftons best!

I love this series and this book is one of my favorites! The plot is complex, intriguing and kept me guessing until the end. Kinsey feels like an old friend.

Really good book

It's really enjoying the alphabet Book series And I'll be downloading the next one as soon as possible

give Judy Kaye a chance!

as much as I liked Mary Pfeiffer's performance, I think I like Kayes voice better for kinsey. she gives a wry sarcasm that I find matches the dialogue better. for what it's worth I think kinsey is at best a mediocre detective and the plots are a bit redundant I do enjoy the writing.

Another good one

I enjoyed the story but prefer the previous reader. Maybe I just want used to th voice.

Kinsey herself as usual.

The overall story pulled me in and the ending hit me right in the feels. I nearly cried.

Wonderful story, with a couple of little issues

I really enjoyed both the story and the reading. It must be said that a couple of things happen in the final few minutes that are a bit odd (a non-spoiling one being Kinsey, without apparent reason, driving past four cops and about two sentences later bemoaning that there are no police on the road from whom she can seek protection). I didn't like the twee introduction of emotive background music for the epilogue - Sue Grafton's writing manages just fine on its own, thanks!

What can I say...Sue Grafton has done it again.

This one gets the heart in a way rarely seen in Kinsey. loved it !