From the book
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - BEFORE
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5 - NORA
Chapter 6 - DANTE
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 - NORA
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14 - DANTE
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18 - NORA
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22 - DANTE
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26 - NORA
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29 - DANTE
Chapter 30
Chapter 31 - DANTE
Chapter 32 - AFTER
ALSO BY SUE GRAFTON
ALSO BY SUE GRAFTON
Kinsey Millhone mysteries
A is for Alibi
B is for Burglar
C is for Corpse
D is for Deadbeat
E is for Evidence
F is for Fugitive
G is for Gumshoe
H is for Homicide
I is for Innocent
J is for Judgment
K is for Killer
L is for Lawless
M is for Malice
N is for Noose
O is for Outlaw
P is for Peril
Q is for Quarry
R is for Ricochet
S is for Silence
T is for Trespass
U is for Undertow
A MARIAN WOOD BOOK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Grafton, Sue.
“V” is for vengeance / Sue Grafton
p. cm.
“A Marian Wood Book.”
ISBN: 9781101548134
1. Millhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women private investigators—California—Fiction.
3. Theft—Fiction. 4. Organized crime—Fiction. 5. Murder—Fiction. 6. Revenge—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3557.R13V
813’.54—dc22
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses,...