R is for ricochet
by Sue Grafton
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"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, 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 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, and Reba is out of prison less than twenty-four hours when one of her old crowd comes circling round."--BOOK JACKET.
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"R" is for Ricochet
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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in English
1429513268 9781429513265
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R is for ricochet
2005, Berkley Books, Berkley
in English
- Berkley mass-market ed.
0425203867 9780425203866
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R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
March 29, 2005, Berkley
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R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
April 5, 2005, Random House Audio
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in English
- Abridged edition
0739320866 9780739320860
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"R" Is for Ricochet : A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
October 1, 2004, Books on Tape
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
1415902909 9781415902905
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"The basic question is this: given human nature, are any of us really capable of change?"
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Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges feisty and rebellious, and Kinsey is soon fighting to prevent her charge from breaking the conditions of her parole.
As she finds herself befriending the ex-gambler, ex-alcoholic and ex-con, Kinsey discovers that Reba had taken the fall for her boss, also her lover, when he conducted a highly-crafted money laundering scam. Alan Beckwith has so far escaped the clutches of the FBI. Now they believe he is laundering money for a Columbian drug cartel - they just need the proof.
When Kinsey is asked by the police to persuade Reba to unveil crucial evidence guaranteed to put Beckwith behind bars, she doesn’t expect cooperation. But when she hears of shocking new information about her lover, Reba is suddenly all too eager to do everything she can to ruin him.
Embroiled in a cunning challenge of wits, and meanwhile bemused by her own blossoming romance, Kinsey must try to control the bitter, angry Reba as she launches her dangerous revenge . . .
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