"N" Is for Noose

"N" Is for Noose
"N" Is for Noose  
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Author(s) Sue Grafton
Country United States
Language English
Series Alphabet Mysteries
Genre(s) Mystery
Publisher Henry Holt and Company
Publication date 1998
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 289 pp (first edition)
ISBN 9780805036503
OCLC Number 38024221
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21
LC Classification PS3557.R13 N2 1998
Preceded by "M" Is for Malice
Followed by "O" Is for Outlaw

"N" Is for Noose is the fourteenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels[1] and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California,[2] although much of this novel's action takes place outside of that fictional city.[3] The novel was a New York Times best-seller.[4]

References

  1. ^ Lipez, Richard (1998-05-17). "Mysteries: High Anxiety". The Washington Post. 
  2. ^ Macknee, Salem (1997-10-05). "Grafton Loves Her Letters, Alphabetic and Otherwise". The Charlotte Observer: p. 5D. 
  3. ^ McGill, Leslie (1998-05-04). "Mountain town mystery 'N' Is for Noose has Kinsey Millhone once again searching for justice". The Kansas City Star: p. D6. 
  4. ^ Dickinson, Jane (1998-06-21). "'Easter Bunny' dishes up a Southern-fried murder". Denver Rocky Mountain News. 

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