num_pages: 363
description: Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was already in his fifties when Reba was born, and he could deny her nothing. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institution for Women.Now, at thirty-two, Reba is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a four-year sentence. Nord wants to be sure she stays straight, and stays at home - away from the drugs, the booze, and the gamblers.He reaches out to Kinsey Millhone. As the blurb at the front of the book puts it, "It seems a straightforward assignment for Kinsey: babysit Reba until she settles in, make sure she follows all the rules of her parole. Maybe all of a week's work. Nothing untoward - the woman seems remorseful and friendly. And the money is good." But life is never that simple, especially for Kinsey. Reba is out of prison less than twenty-four hours when her old crowd begins to circle round.
language: English
title: R is for Ricochet
titlecomplete: R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)
characters: Alan Beckwith, Garrison Randolph, Willie (Willard), Salustio Castillo, Daniel (O is for Outlaw), Two thugs (R is for Ricochet), William Pitts, Maurice Stans, Vera Lipton, Lieutenant Con Dolan, Vince Turner, Priscilla Holloway, Marty Blumberg, Aunt Gin, John le Carre (Until the Night), Misty Raine, Gloria Steinem (R is for Ricochet), Danielle (K is for Killer), Mattie Halstead, Onni (R is for Ricochet), Cheney Phillips, Kinsey Millhone, Harrison Ford (Orchid Beach), Lorna Kepler, Nord Lafferty, Mr. Fitzgerald, Kenneth Rexroth (R is for Ricochet), Henry Pitts, Jonah Robb, Mickey Magruder, Robert Dietz, Jerry Vale (R is for Ricochet), Reba Lafferty, George Michael (R is for Ricochet), Tasha Howard, Freddie (R is for Ricochet), Rosie (A is for Alibi), Queen Elizabeth II (Shoot Him if He Runs), Lewis Pitts, Stacey Oliphant
genres: Audiobook, American, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 34200
places: Santa Teresa, California
series: Kinsey Millhone
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons