S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton

A daughter's unanswered questions reopen an old disappearance

Fair to good condition - Back cover has a torn, folded corner, with several nearby pages heavily bent. Page edges are tanned and spotted, otherwise pages are clean.

In July 1953, Violet Sullivan drives away from Serena Station, California, in her new Chevrolet and never returns. She leaves behind a young daughter, Daisy, and a husband whose temper has helped fuel years of speculation. Thirty-five years later, Daisy asks private investigator Kinsey Millhone to discover what really happened. Kinsey initially suspects that Violet simply chose another life, but conversations in the close-knit community reveal hidden relationships, persistent resentments and reasons for several people to prefer silence. Sue Grafton's Alphabet mystery moves between an old disappearance and its lasting consequences, following an investigator who must distinguish memories from self-protective stories before the truth can finally emerge from a town that has kept it concealed.