A collection of stories that reveal Kinsey's origins--and Grafton's past. The nine stories that open the book show how fully formed Kinsey was from the beginning. The thirteen stories in the second part, written in the decade following her mother's death, feature Kit Blue, a younger version of Grafton herself, and reflect her troubled family life and the author's journey from anger to understanding and forgiveness. Between the sheets -- Long gone -- Parker shotgun -- Non sung smoke -- Falling off the roof -- Poison that leaves no trace -- Full circle -- Little missionary work -- Lying game -- Eye for an I : justice, morality, the nature of the hard-boiled private investigator, and all that existential stuff -- Woman capable of anything -- That's not an easy way to go -- Lost people -- Clue -- Night visit, corridor A -- April 24, 1960 -- Closet -- Maple Hill -- Portable life -- Quarrel -- Jessie -- Death review -- Letter from my father