![]() ![]() Her charmed - and charming - circle of longstanding supporters includes landlord and octogenarian extraordinaire Henry Pitts bar owner and purveyor of Hungarian goulash and chilled glasses of chardonnay Rosie and on-again, off-again lover Robert Dietz (at the moment, he and Kinsey are just months shy of celebrating their “sixth anniversary of hardly ever seeing each other.”) Good-guy cops - and former Kinsey lovers - Cheney Phillips and Jonah Robb also make an appearance in her latest adventure, but the most significant recurring character in “X,’’ Grafton’s 24th novel, isn’t even alive: Down-on-his-luck private eye Pete Wolinksy died back in “W Is for Wasted,” but is still making his presence acutely and irrefutably felt. ![]() Laurie Robertsĭirect in manner and quick to turn up the crankiness volume in any given situation, Sue Grafton’s astute, determined, and fiercely independent Kinsey Millhone has become a familiar pleasure since her “A Is for Alibi” debut in 1982. Sue Grafton is nearing the end of her alphabetically-framed series. ![]()
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