196:
inherited a large sum of money from a family member on her father's side. She meets with a client who wants her to find her biological son she gave up for adoption. She also starts trying to help out Pete
Wolinsky's widow, Ruth, with an IRS audit. Another story-line involves new neighbors and attempts at water conservation. None of these story-lines are connected and Kinsey bounces back and forth between these disparate events throughout the book. Kinsey discovers that Pete was investigating a person he believed to be a serial killer who ends up attacking Kinsey. The disjointed plot lines have generally disappointed fans of her previous works.
237:
223:
that the title "almost has to be
Xenophobe or Xenophobia. I've checked the penal codes in most states and xylophone isn't a crime, so I'm stuck." A few months before the book was published, she revealed that it would break the pattern of the preceding 23 books, omitting the "is for" and alliterative
195:
The book starts off in third-person narrative by a woman called Teddy
Xanakis. Teddy is in the throes of a bitter divorce and trying to ruin her ex-husband Ari, who had an affair with her best friend. The story transitions into first-person narrative by Kinsey Millhone. Since the last book she has
34:
726:
421:
129:
721:
711:
706:
716:
613:
592:
153:
585:
578:
564:
508:
501:
494:
480:
473:
466:
280:
414:
177:
571:
522:
487:
452:
332:
219:
599:
557:
543:
529:
515:
459:
140:
359:
550:
536:
445:
183:
The novel, set in the late 1980s, finds Kinsey pursuing a sociopathic serial killer. It was published by
638:
184:
83:
407:
327:
683:
124:
666:
369:
337:
205:
173:
73:
302:
236:
33:
700:
655:
20:
631:
430:
176:, a private detective based in Santa Teresa, California, a fictional version of
169:
47:
364:
393:
661:
168:
is the twenty-fourth novel in the "Alphabet" series of mystery novels by
217:
When asked about the title of book 24 in 2013, Grafton told the
403:
399:
231:
19:
For the similarly titled 1983 collection by John Cage, see
187:, and released in the United States on August 25, 2015.
247:
675:
648:
623:
437:
328:"Sue Grafton closing in on the end of the alphabet"
148:
135:
123:
115:
107:
99:
89:
79:
69:
61:
53:
43:
415:
8:
26:
422:
408:
400:
32:
25:
360:"Read an excerpt from Sue Grafton's 'X'"
272:
326:Hertzel, Laurie (September 10, 2013).
7:
358:McClurg, Jocelyn (April 23, 2015).
14:
235:
1:
396:Alphabet Series official site
281:"About Sue Grafton and "X""
743:
303:"X (Kinsey Millhone, #24)"
18:
727:G. P. Putnam's Sons books
178:Santa Barbara, California
31:
16:2015 novel by Sue Grafton
333:Minneapolis Star-Tribune
220:Minneapolis Star-Tribune
722:American mystery novels
712:Kinsey Millhone novels
283:. Penguin Random House
244:This section is empty.
208:: Private investigator
707:Novels by Sue Grafton
639:The Lolly-Madonna War
224:word from the title.
717:2015 American novels
614:"Y" Is for Yesterday
593:"V" Is for Vengeance
154:"Y" Is for Yesterday
586:"U" Is for Undertow
579:"T" Is for Trespass
565:"R" Is for Ricochet
509:"J" Is for Judgment
502:"I" Is for Innocent
495:"H" Is for Homicide
481:"F" Is for Fugitive
474:"E" Is for Evidence
467:"D" Is for Deadbeat
38:First edition cover
28:
572:"S" Is for Silence
523:"L" Is for Lawless
488:"G" Is for Gumshoe
453:"B" Is for Burglar
185:G.P. Putnam's Sons
84:G.P. Putnam's Sons
65:Alphabet Mysteries
694:
693:
684:Lolly-Madonna XXX
600:"W" Is for Wasted
558:"Q" Is for Quarry
544:"O" Is for Outlaw
530:"M" Is for Malice
516:"K" Is for Killer
460:"C" Is for Corpse
307:www.goodreads.com
264:
263:
161:
160:
141:"W" Is for Wasted
130:978-0-399-16384-5
119:400 first edition
111:Print (Hardcover)
100:Publication place
734:
551:"P" Is for Peril
537:"N" Is for Noose
446:"A" Is for Alibi
424:
417:
410:
401:
381:
380:
378:
376:
355:
349:
348:
346:
344:
323:
317:
316:
314:
313:
299:
293:
292:
290:
288:
277:
259:
256:
246:You can help by
239:
232:
149:Followed by
136:Preceded by
91:Publication date
36:
29:
742:
741:
737:
736:
735:
733:
732:
731:
697:
696:
695:
690:
671:
667:Kinsey Millhone
644:
619:
438:Alphabet novels
433:
428:
390:
385:
384:
374:
372:
357:
356:
352:
342:
340:
338:Minneapolis, MN
325:
324:
320:
311:
309:
301:
300:
296:
286:
284:
279:
278:
274:
269:
260:
254:
251:
230:
215:
206:Kinsey Millhone
202:
193:
174:Kinsey Millhone
108:Media type
95:August 25, 2015
92:
74:Mystery fiction
39:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
740:
738:
730:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
699:
698:
692:
691:
689:
688:
679:
677:
673:
672:
670:
669:
664:
659:
652:
650:
646:
645:
643:
642:
635:
627:
625:
621:
620:
618:
617:
610:
603:
596:
589:
582:
575:
568:
561:
554:
547:
540:
533:
526:
519:
512:
505:
498:
491:
484:
477:
470:
463:
456:
449:
441:
439:
435:
434:
429:
427:
426:
419:
412:
404:
398:
397:
389:
388:External links
386:
383:
382:
350:
318:
294:
271:
270:
268:
265:
262:
261:
242:
240:
229:
226:
214:
211:
210:
209:
201:
198:
192:
189:
172:. It features
159:
158:
150:
146:
145:
137:
133:
132:
127:
121:
120:
117:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
93:
90:
87:
86:
81:
77:
76:
71:
67:
66:
63:
59:
58:
55:
51:
50:
45:
41:
40:
37:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
739:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
704:
702:
686:
685:
681:
680:
678:
674:
668:
665:
663:
660:
657:
656:C. W. Grafton
654:
653:
651:
647:
641:
640:
636:
634:
633:
629:
628:
626:
622:
616:
615:
611:
609:
608:
604:
602:
601:
597:
595:
594:
590:
588:
587:
583:
581:
580:
576:
574:
573:
569:
567:
566:
562:
560:
559:
555:
553:
552:
548:
546:
545:
541:
539:
538:
534:
532:
531:
527:
525:
524:
520:
518:
517:
513:
511:
510:
506:
504:
503:
499:
497:
496:
492:
490:
489:
485:
483:
482:
478:
476:
475:
471:
469:
468:
464:
462:
461:
457:
455:
454:
450:
448:
447:
443:
442:
440:
436:
432:
425:
420:
418:
413:
411:
406:
405:
402:
395:
392:
391:
387:
371:
367:
366:
361:
354:
351:
339:
335:
334:
329:
322:
319:
308:
304:
298:
295:
282:
276:
273:
266:
258:
249:
245:
241:
238:
234:
233:
227:
225:
222:
221:
212:
207:
204:
203:
199:
197:
190:
188:
186:
181:
179:
175:
171:
167:
166:
157:
155:
151:
147:
144:
142:
138:
134:
131:
128:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
103:United States
102:
98:
94:
88:
85:
82:
78:
75:
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
52:
49:
46:
42:
35:
30:
22:
21:X (Cage book)
682:
637:
630:
624:Other novels
612:
606:
605:
598:
591:
584:
577:
570:
563:
556:
549:
542:
535:
528:
521:
514:
507:
500:
493:
486:
479:
472:
465:
458:
451:
444:
373:. Retrieved
363:
353:
341:. Retrieved
331:
321:
310:. Retrieved
306:
297:
285:. Retrieved
275:
255:January 2022
252:
248:adding to it
243:
218:
216:
194:
191:Plot summary
182:
164:
163:
162:
152:
139:
687:(1973 film)
676:Adaptations
632:Keziah Dane
431:Sue Grafton
394:Sue Grafton
287:January 11,
170:Sue Grafton
48:Sue Grafton
701:Categories
312:2019-08-06
267:References
200:Characters
375:April 25,
365:USA Today
343:April 24,
80:Publisher
662:Lincliff
658:(father)
54:Language
649:Related
370:Gannett
228:Reviews
57:English
156:
143:
62:Series
44:Author
213:Title
116:Pages
70:Genre
377:2015
345:2015
289:2018
125:ISBN
27:"X"
607:"X"
250:.
165:"X"
703::
368:.
362:.
336:.
330:.
305:.
180:.
423:e
416:t
409:v
379:.
347:.
315:.
291:.
257:)
253:(
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
