"I" is for Innocent

by Sue Grafton

Book Overview

Readers of Sue Grafton's fiction know she never writes the same book twice, and "I" Is For Innocent is no exception. Her most intricately plotted novel to date, it is layered in enough complexity to baffle even the cleverest among us.

Lonnie Kingman is in a bind. He's smack in the middle of assembling a civil suit, and the private investigator who was doing his pretrial legwork has just dropped dead of a heart attack. In a matter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805010858
• ISBN13: 9780805010855
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Bad shape

The book is in bad shape. I was supposed to get one that was accepted and it one is not

THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER!

I have read "A" through "I" and "I" think I may be the best one yet. Kinsey is asked to help investigate a murder of six years ago. Isabelle Barney was murdered, her husband David was tried and acquitted. Now Isabelle's ex-husband is suing David in civil court,not criminal court, saying the jury made a mistake. Kinsey is hired because the previous PI died of a heart attack, or was it a heart attack, was he to close to the truth. David Barney talkes to Kinsey claiming to be innocent and everything he says appears to check out. So who did kill Isabelle and did the other PI have a heart attack. All makes for a very good book. The ending is great, a surprise to me, not so much for who did the killing but for the way it ended. If you are going to read these you really need to start with A and take them in order.

"I" is for Number One

Hands down, this is the best book of the series. That doesn't mean you can necessarily start here, just that this one is a head above the rest. Kinsey is brought into a wrongful death case shortly before trial when the previous investigator dies. She finds out that he was not really doing his job, instead hiding away in his office to sneak a pizza or two. As always there are twists and turns. All of them make sense and are told with the Kinsey's characteristic sardonic tone.The case involves an old murder and the supporting cast, as always, is well drawn and interesting. The nice thing about the Kinsey novels is that the recurring characters, including Kinsey herself, grow and their lives change from book to book. (That's part of the reason why you really can't skip around.)Anyway, the ending is surprising, plausible, and exciting. In fact, you'll probably say "boy the killer was smart and almost got away with it."In short, this one is a keeper. I know it'll be worth your time.

Great read

The book had one of the most unexpected endings

Once you Start, it is hard to put down!

Very good book, in the alphabet series, but one of the more complicated ones. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good mystery!

Tremendous stuff!

"I" has got to be one of Grafton's best! You begin with such elusion and then it all becomes so clear! Millhone takes you on the step by step tour of events and never lets you down! Tremendous!