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Sue Grafton's "P" Is for Peril is a mystery novel that follows the private investigator Kinsey Millhone as she investigates the disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell.
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Oct 27, 2000 · It is now nine weeks since Dr. Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The 69-year-old doctor said goodnight to colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home, climbed into his car and drove away - never to be seen again. His embittered first wife Fiona is convinced he is still alive.
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Jun 1, 2001 · P is for Peril: the novel in which Millhone stakes her life on a thin thread of intuition because the facts glint elusively out of reach and only guesses offer any shot at the truth. "Unlike many detective series, Grafton's seems only to get better each time out," wrote Entertainment Weekly, and P is for Peril is a case in point. Pushing ...
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"P" Is for Peril is the 16th novel in the "Alphabet" series of mystery novels by Sue Grafton. The novel focuses on the disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell, a nursing home administrator and doctor at Pacific Meadows Nursing Home, [1][2] and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. [3] . The novel is set in 1986. [4]
Jun 4, 2001 · BOOK REVIEW. TREASURE STATE. by C.J. Box. Nine weeks after Dr. Dowan Purcell left the Pacific Meadows medical facility he administered, then vanished along with his passport and $30,000, his ex-wife Fiona, disgusted alike at the Santa Teresa Police Department’s lack of progress on the case and the lackadaisical attitude of Dow’s current ...