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Y is for yesterday / Sue Grafton.
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"The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate--and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state's evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader escapes without a trace. Now, it's 1989 and one of the perpetrators, Fritz McCabe, has been released from prison. Moody, unrepentant, and angry, he is a virtual prisoner of his ever-watchful parents--until a copy of the missing tape arrives with a ransom demand. That's when the McCabes call Kinsey Millhone for help. As she is drawn into their family drama, she keeps a watchful eye on Fritz. But he's not the only one being haunted by the past. A vicious sociopath with a grudge against Millhone may be leaving traces of himself for her to find."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780399185380 (mass market paperback) :
- Physical Description: 543 pages ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
- Copyright: ℗♭2017
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| General Note: | "Marian Wood Books." |
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| Subject: | Millhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character), 1950- > Fiction. Women private investigators > California > Fiction. Extortion > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Binscarth Library | AFPB GRA (Text) | 32447000106992 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2017 August #1
*Starred Review* This next-to-last in Grafton's alphabet series starts in 1979, when 14-year-old Iris Lehmann, a freshman at the private school where her father teaches, steals test answers to help popular junior Poppy Earl, who has befriended her, and Poppy's boyfriend, Troy Rademaker. Someone snitches about the theft, and accused snitcher Sloan Stevens is widely snubbed until a disturbing amateur sex tape falls into her hands. Then things get out of hand at an end-of-the-school-year party rife with alcohol and dope, and Sloan is shot and killed by 15-year-old Fritz McCabe. Ten years later, just after Fritz is released from juvenile detention, his parents are blackmailed by the threatened release of the tape, in which Fritz and Troy assault drunk, doped, and underage Iris, an incident all the participants label a lark. Hired to find the extortionist, Kinsey Millhone digs into decade-old events, at the same time contending with the reappearance of serial killer Ned Lowe, a lethal threat to her and to his two ex-wives. Kinsey's appealing recurring cast is supplemented by homeless Pearl, Lucky, and Lucky's big-but-gentle dog, Killer. Kinsey is persistent with cases, compassionate toward parents who lose children, and human enough to be jealous when her cousin, Anna, is romancing one of her exes. This will leave readers both relishing another masterful entry and ruing the near-end of this series. Prime Grafton.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Even if you hadn't watched every episode of, say, M*A*S*H, you were there for the finale. Same with Grafton. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 August #1
The release of a 24-year-old who's aged out of his juvenile conviction for murdering one of his schoolmates reopens old wounds for everyone concerned and brings Santa Teresa private eye Kinsey Millhone (X, 2015, etc.) to the case.Even though Fritz McCabe was the one who did the time for killing Sloan Stevens, her death seems to have been the fault of nobody and everybody. Frozen out by her classmates at posh Climping Academy after reportedly exposing Iris Lehmann's scheme to pass high-stakes test answers to Poppy Earl and Troy Rademaker, Sloan was shot 10 years ago while running away from Troy, who together with Fritz, Austin Brown, and Bayard Montgomery, had driven her out to the Yellowweed camping ground. Fritz's parents, Lauren and Hollis McCabe, have welcomed him home, but they're distinctly less happy to have received a copy of a sex tape several members of this crowd made shortly before Sloan's death, along with a note demanding $25,000 for its destruction. Lauren, fear ing the theft of the original tape may have provided a motive for Sloan's murder, wants Kinsey to get to the bottom of the mysteryâuntil she doesn't, firing her for calling the kids-turned-adults liars when they claim the tape was nothing but a mockumentary lark. Kinsey's just as pleased to be free of the case: Lauren McCabe's been anything but a model client, and Kinsey already has to deal with the unrelated threat of Ned Lowe, a serial killer on the lam who's set his sights on her. But her respite from both the Yellowweed shooting and her own stalker is all too brief, and soon a present-day murder and the threat of even more violence force her back to both cases. Any time spent with Grafton's inimitable shamus is one of the highlights of the year, but her 25th case drags on forever before ending with a whimper. Fans won't mind as they cheer the series on to Z Is for Zany, or whatever the endlessly resourceful author has in mind. Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
PI Kinsey Millhone may be running scared from serial killer Ned Lowe, who nearly strangled her in the previous volume (X) of this alphabet mystery series, but fear won't stop her from searching for a potential blackmailer. Fritz McCabe was only 15 in 1979 when he killed a classmate from Climping Academy in Santa Teresa, CA. Fast-forward to 1989, and he is released from prison. But someone wants money to hide a sex tape that reveals Fritz and a friend assaulting a young teen. Kinsey juggles her search for the extortionist with pursuing leads about the whereabouts of the menacing Ned Lowe, who intends to add Kinsey to his string of kills. The series may be coming to a close, but Grafton (W Is for Wasted) constructs an intricate plot following two time lines with at least a dozen characters in play while rarely slowing the pace. Kinsey's fans may have to take notes to keep up with her as she untangles a web of lies and cover stories to solve the current blackmail case as well as the older murder. Verdict Readers of Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski or Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum may enjoy this California sleuthing sister. [See Prepub Alert, 3/23/17.]âWendy W. Paige, Shelby Cty. P.L., Morristown, IN (c) Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews
Bestseller Grafton's gripping 25th novel featuring Santa Teresa, Calif., PI Kinsey Millhone (after 2015's
Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly Annex.X ) opens with a theft. In January 1979, misfit Iris Lehmann steals a test to help her best friend, Poppy Earl, a fellow student at an elite private high school in Santa Teresa. Iris's impulsive act sets off a cheating scandal focused on Poppy and her boyfriend, Troy Rademaker. This leads to 15-year-old Fritz McCabe fatally shooting Sloan Stevens, who supposedly ratted on the two cheaters. In 1989, as required by law, the California Youth Authority releases Fritz, who's free to carry on with his lifeâbut now someone is demanding $25,000 from his parents to suppress a videotape showing Fritz and Troy sexually abusing a drunken Iris back in 1979. Fritz's mother hires Kinsey to investigate the amateurish blackmail scheme, which puts her on the trail of a host of suspects and secrets in Santa Teresa's wealthiest enclaves. Meanwhile, Kinsey's nemesis from the previous book, mass murderer Ned Lowe, is still on the loose and has a score to settle with her. Grafton once again proves herself a superb storyteller.Author tour. Agent: Molly Friedrich, Friedrich Literary. (Aug.)
