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082	0		_aMYS GRA
100	1		_aGrafton, Sue
245	1	0	_aH is for homicide
260			_aNew York _b: Henry Holt and Company _c, c1991.
300			_a202 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aOr ``H'' may be for ``Hispanic,'' as the murder of an insurance claims adjuster sends PI Kinsey Milhone undercover in a Los Angeles barrio. Following up a suspicious claim in the murder victim's files, Kinsey trails beautiful young Bibianna Diaz, recently moved up the coast to Santa Teresa from L.A. Under the alias Hannah Moore, Kinsey befriends the young woman and learns she is attempting the same scam pursued by Raymond Maldonado, her ex-boyfriend in L.A. When Raymond's brother, sent to bring Bibianna back, is shot by the young woman's new lover, an old friend of Kinsey's, both Bibianna and Hannah/Kinsey are taken to jail, where Kinsey secretly agrees to join a statewide fraud investigation. Raymond's henchmen grab Bibianna, and take Kinsey too. Kinsey's harrowing experiences include instigating car accidents as part of the scam and unearthing evidence to blow the operation. A pit bull, the surprising identity of an undercover LAPD cop and the unpredictable rages of Raymond, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, contribute atmosphere to the PI.'s eighth alphabet escapade.
650		4	_aMillhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character) _x-Fiction
650			_aWomen private investigators _v--Fiction
651			_aCalifornia _v--Fiction
655		4	_aDetective and mystery stories _x-Fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c261664 _d261664