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hermetic

(8,900 posts) Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:53 PM Dec 2017

G is for goodbye, Ms. Grafton [View all]

Sue Grafton, the author of A Is For Alibi and 24 other mysteries featuring detective Kinsey Millhone, died Thursday at age 77. Her daughter Jamie wrote on Facebook that, "out of the deep abiding love and respect for our dear sweet Sue, as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y."

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G is for goodbye, Ms. Grafton [View all] hermetic Dec 2017 OP

... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2017 #1

Oh, Dayum! murielm99 Dec 2017 #2

What a great name! Alice11111 Dec 2017 #5

One of my wife's favorites. underpants Dec 2017 #3

I loved her character. We could all relate to so much of her. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #4

RIP Sue Grafton and fair thee well Kinsey Milhone. PufPuf23 Jan 2018 #6