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 (Kinsey Millhone Mystery)
characters: George Michael (R is for Ricochet), Two thugs (R is for Ricochet), Harrison Ford (Orchid Beach), Marty Blumberg, Mattie Halstead, Freddie (R is for Ricochet), Stacey Oliphant, Lorna Kepler, Aunt Gin, Kinsey Millhone, Alan Beckwith, John le Carre (Until the Night), Robert Dietz, William Pitts, Gloria Steinem (R is for Ricochet), Vince Turner, Willie (Willard), Kenneth Rexroth (R is for Ricochet), Queen Elizabeth II (Shoot Him if He Runs), Lewis Pitts, Jerry Vale (R is for Ricochet), Maurice Stans, Henry Pitts, Cheney Phillips, Danielle (K is for Killer), Daniel (O is for Outlaw), Mr. Fitzgerald, Vera Lipton, Onni (R is for Ricochet), Nord Lafferty, Tasha Howard, Misty Raine, Garrison Randolph, Salustio Castillo, Rosie (A is for Alibi), Priscilla Holloway, Mickey Magruder, Lieutenant Con Dolan, Jonah Robb, Reba Lafferty
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, American, Adult, Audiobook
ratings_count: 34205
places: Santa Teresa, California
series: Kinsey Millhone
publisher: Random House Audio