Books like K is for Killer (Kinsey Millhone, #11) by Sue Grafton

When a wealthy woman's disappearance and a nearby murder raise questions, private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to find her, uncovering a web of secrets and danger in Gerald County.

Private investigator Kinsey Millhone takes on a case that turns into a mystery of a drunk ex‑convict’s death, forcing her to uncover hidden enemies and questionable evidence in Santa Teresa.

Private investigator Kinsey Millhone tackles a tangled case of memory loss, mystery and murder when a young car crash victim’s amnesia hides a deadly secret.

When Lorna Kepler’s bizarre death leaves detectives with no lead, her grieving mother Janice turns to Kinsey Millhone, who must confront a case that threatens to unravel the quiet streets of California’s fictional Santa Teresa.

When attorney Lonnie Klingman dies and his private‑investigator leaves a case unfinished, Kinsey Millhone must solve a suspicious murder in a sleepy California town, confronting rival investigators and hidden motives along the way.

Floral Beach wasn't much of a town: six streets long and three deep, its only notable feature a strip of sand fronting the Pacific. It was on that sandy beach seventeen years ago that the strangled body of Jean Timberlake had been found. The people of floral Beach didn't pay a whole lot of mind to past history, especially when Bailey Fowler, the self-confessed killer, had been properly processed and convicted. They weren't even unduly concerned when, a year after the murder, Fowler walked away from the men's prison at San Luis Obispo, never to be seen again. After all, everyone knew Jean had been a wild kid. "Like mother, like daughter," some said--though never within hearing of Shana Timberlake, who, whatever her faults, still mourned her murdered child. And then, by sheer fluke, the cops stumbled on Bailey Fowler. And a case seventeen years dead came murderously to life again. For Royce Fowler, old and sick with not much time left, his son's reappearance was the chance to heal an old wound. For Kinsey Millhone, the case was a long shot, but she agreed to take it on. She couldn't know then it would lead her to probe the passions buried just below the surface of family relations, where old wounds fester and the most cherished emotions become warped until they fuse into deadly, soul-destroying time bombs.

Private investigator Kinsey Millhone tackles a complex case in California involving a murder investigation and possible insurance fraud.

Sixty‑nine‑year‑old Dr. Dowan Purcell disappears from a nursing home, and private investigator Kinsey Malone is hired by his embittered first wife to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, a young man with a mysterious past crosses their path.

When a menacing storage‑unit auctioneer offers Kinsey Millhone a set of childhood items for only thirty dollars, her curiosity uncovers an old, undelivered letter that forces her to confront the haunting secrets of her first marriage and an unresolved murder.

When the missing son of a powerful California construction dynasty resurfaces, Kinsey Millhone is called to investigate—a case that turns into a deadly pursuit of truth.

Kinsey Millhone, a seasoned private investigator, tackles yet another complex mystery in the fictional Santa Teresa, California, where she uses her sharp mind and unorthodox methods to solve crimes.

*For the record, the name is Kinsey Millhone. Private investigator. One hundred and eighteen pounds of female in a five-foot six-inch frame. Just turned thirty-three (after what seemed like an interminable twelve months of being thirty-two) . . .* Three things happened on May 5, the day everyone sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Kinsey Millhone. The repairs were completed on her apartment, and she moved back in. She was hired by Mrs Clyde Gersh to bring her mother back from the Mojave Desert. And lastly, a real surprise. The news that she’d made one of the top slots on Tyrone Patty’s hit list . . .