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She was a 'Jane Doe', an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on, and after months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case . . . and they turn to Kinsey Millhone to help them find closure. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer. Based on an unsolved homicide that occured in 1969, Q is for Quarry and Grafton's interest in the case have renewed police efforts. The body has been exhumed, and a facial reconstruction made that appears in the last pages of the novel. It is hoped that the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification.

Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again. In the small California town of Serena Station, tongues wagged. Some said she'd run off with a lover. Some said she was murdered by her husband. But for the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter Daisy she left behind, Violet's absence has never been explained or forgotten. Now, thirty-four years later, she wants the solace of closure. In S is for Silence, Kinsey Millhone's nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, S is for surprises as Sue Grafton takes a whole new approach to telling the tale. And S is for superb: Kinsey and Grafton at their best.

Michael Sutton, un jeune homme de bonne famille de 27 ans qui a abandonné l’université et semble vivre de sa fortune, vient solliciter les services de Kinsey : un article récent dans la presse, qui faisait allusion à un fait divers vieux de plus de 20 ans, a ravivé chez lui un vieux souvenir… Quand il avait 5 ans, Sutton se souvient avoir vu, dans la maison d’un petit copain qui fêtait son anniversaire, deux hommes enterrer ce qui ressemblait à un cadavre. Or cet événement correspond à la date où la petite Marie Claire, 4 ans, a disparu, en 1967… Le jeune est convaincu d’avoir assisté à l’enterrement de l’enfant, même si ses souvenirs sont étrangement vagues. Un peu méfiante mais curieuse malgré tout, Kinsey retrouve le jardin en question et obtient de la police qu’elle vienne déterrer ce qui s’avère être le cadavre… d’un chien-loup. Affaire classée, en apparence…Sauf que Sutton réapparaît, plus obstiné que jamais. Il a peur, se sent menacé : il a reconnu un visage familier, celui d’un des fossoyeurs, parmi les badauds présents lors de la découverte du chien. L’homme est aussi un ancien camarade d’université de Kinsey : cette fois, le passé et le présent semblent bien se rejoindre dans ce qui ressemble à une terrible affaire de meurtre d’enfant…