N is For Noose-------pan macmillan
The fourteenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look
Sometimes
I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the future, a
quick view of events lying in store for us. Some moments we saw would
make no sense at all and some, I suspect, would frighten us beyond our
endurance . . .
Early spring in the Sierra Nevada, bringing the
usual driving sleet and snow. PI Kinsey Millhone is on her way west when
she detours into Nota Lake (pop. 2356) to check out a new client. And
encounters a chill she can scarcely believe.
Only six weeks have
passed since sheriff’s detective Tom Newquist died of a heart attack.
His widow is sure he was keeping secrets from her just before he died –
and she hires Kinsey to find out exactly what.
But all Kinsey can
uncover is that Newquist led an exemplary life, so what could he
possibly have to conceal? And why has the town, to the last threatening
redneck, closed ranks on her?
Kinsey’s on the point of giving up.
Until she discovers a chilling new clue: a childish drawing of a thick
length of rope – fashioned into a hangman’s noose . . .