A is for Alibi is the first in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. My name is Kinsey Millhone. I'm a private investigator; licensed by the state of California. I'm thirty-two years old; twice divorced; no kids. The day before yesterday I killed someone and the fact weighs heavily on my mind . . . When Laurence Fife was murdered; few cared. A slick divorce attorney with a reputation for ruthlessness; Fife was also rumoured to be a slippery ladies' man. Plenty of people in the picturesque Southern California town of Santa Teresa had reason to want him dead. Including; thought the cops; his young and beautiful wife; Nikki. With motive; access and opportunity; Nikki was their number one suspect. The Jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole; Nikki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her husband. But the trail has gone cold and there is a chilling twist even Kinsey didn't expect . . .