R Is for Ricochet. Signed by Sue Grafton. First Edition, First Printing. Putnam. New York, 2004.

American author Sue Grafton produced one of the most popular detective series of all time with her Alphabet novels, featuring detective Kinsey Millhone. The novels are engaging, plot-driven, and suspenseful. They have maintained a dedicated readership over the decades, but it was a shaky start. The first novel, A Is for Alibi, met mixed reviews upon its publication in 1982. The first printings did not sell as well as expected. It was not until the second novel, B Is for Burglar in 1985, that the series took off. In R Is for Ricochet, detective Millhone is tasked with the supervision and retrieval of a privileged parolee. The case at first seems straightforward, but in ways only Grafton could conceive, it quickly becomes complicated.

This first edition, first printing is signed by Grafton on the flyleaf. It is in near-fine condition. In the original quarter cloth, fine. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, near-fine with only rubbing to edges.

A near-fine signed first edition by Sue Grafton.