"C" Is for Corpse

"C" Is for Corpse is the third novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California.^[1]^[2]

Awards

"C" Is for Corpse was awarded the 1987 Anthony Award for Best Novel at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[3]

^ "Hardcover bestsellers/fiction", Publishers Weekly, 2005-12-19. "PW's first review Of Grafton's alphabet mystery series was for C Is for Corpse. Back in 1986, PW said: "Kinsey Millhone is nobody's fool; she's also sensitive, funny and very likable. Writing with a light, sure touch, Grafton has produced a fast-moving California story about quirky, believable people.""
^ "Women of Mystery; How two U of L alumnae became top 'whodunits'", U of L Magazine, Spring 2002.
^ Hawkes, Ellen. "G IS FOR GRAFTON Instead of Killing Her Ex-Husband, Sue Grafton Created a Smart-Mouthed, Hard-Boiled (and Incidentally Female) Detective Named Kinsey Millhone", Los Angeles Times Magazine, 1990-02-18, p. 20.

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Alphabet novels	"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

Related articles	C. W. Grafton • Kinsey Millhone • Santa Teresa, California • Kinsey and Me

Other novels	Keziah Dane • The Lolly-Madonna War

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