num_pages: 6
description: R is for Ricochet is another thrilling installment in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series.Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. 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 Institute for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a four-year sentence. Nord Lafferty wants to be sure she stays straight, stays at home and away from the drugs, the booze, the gamblers.It seems a straightforward assignment for 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, and Reba is out of prison less than 24 hours when one of her old crowd comes circling around.Readers have come to expect the unexpected from Sue Grafton, and R is for Ricochet is no exception. In it, a complex and clever money-laundering scheme is just a cover for a novel that is all about love gone wrong, love betrayed, love denied. And love avenged. For Reba Lafferty, its moral is Sometimes what you hand out in life comes back to bite you in the ass. Sometimes the good guys win, even when they lose.
language: English
title: R Is For Ricochet
titlecomplete: R Is For Ricochet (A Kinsey Millhone Novel)
characters: Mr. Fitzgerald, Cheney Phillips, Onni (R is for Ricochet), Marty Blumberg, Aunt Gin, Gloria Steinem (R is for Ricochet), Maurice Stans, Rosie (A is for Alibi), Queen Elizabeth II (Shoot Him if He Runs), Vince Turner, Danielle (K is for Killer), Tasha Howard, Harrison Ford (Orchid Beach), Daniel (O is for Outlaw), Garrison Randolph, Kinsey Millhone, Salustio Castillo, John le Carre (Until the Night), George Michael (R is for Ricochet), Reba Lafferty, Lorna Kepler, Jerry Vale (R is for Ricochet), Nord Lafferty, Misty Raine, Two thugs (R is for Ricochet), Stacey Oliphant, Kenneth Rexroth (R is for Ricochet), William Pitts, Jonah Robb, Willie (Willard), Lieutenant Con Dolan, Vera Lipton, Freddie (R is for Ricochet), Alan Beckwith, Mickey Magruder, Priscilla Holloway, Robert Dietz, Henry Pitts, Mattie Halstead, Lewis Pitts
genres: American, Mystery, Adult, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 34209
places: Santa Teresa, California
series: Kinsey Millhone
publisher: Random House Audio