D IS FOR DEADBEAT

By Sue Grafton

Synopsis

He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough - until his cheque bounced. His real name was John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident - death by drowning. Kinsey wasn’t so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies...

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Narrator	Nicola Down
Length	6hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	12771
Publisher	Henry Holt; 1987

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G IS FOR GUMSHOE

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H IS FOR HOMICIDE

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I IS FOR INNOCENT

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A IS FOR ALIBI

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