Santa Teresa (fictional city)

Santa Teresa (fictional city)
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For the neighborhood in southern San Jose, California, USA, see Santa Teresa, San Jose, California.

Santa Teresa is a fictionalised version of Santa Barbara, California created by Ross Macdonald in his 1949 mystery novel The Moving Target.¹

In the 1980s, Santa Teresa became home to Kinsey Millhone, a fictional female private investigator created by Sue Grafton.² Millhone is the protagonist of Grafton's ongoing "alphabet mysteries" series of novels.³⁴ Grafton chose the setting as a tribute to Macdonald, an acknowledged influence. ⁵ In the Kinsey Millhone version, the town has a population of 85,000 and has a small airport.

References

^ Priestman, Martin (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Cambridge University Press.
^ Everett, Todd (1991-05-23). "Mystery Town: Whodunit author Sue Grafton lines in Santa Barbara and sets her tales in Santa Teresa", Los Angeles Times, p. J15.
^ Hawkes, Ellen (1990-02-18). "G IS FOR GRAFTON Instead of Killing Her Ex-Husband, Sue Grafton Created a Smart-Mouthed, Hard-Boiled (and Incidentally Female) Detective Named Kinsey Millhone", Los Angeles Times Magazine, p. 20.
^ Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Carol McGinnis Kay (1997). "G" Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone, Hardcover, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5446-4.
^ Nolan, Tom. "Ross Macdonald", BookSense. Retrieved on 1 June 2008.

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v • d • e Sue Grafton

Alphabet novels	"A" Is for Alibi • "B" Is for Burglar • "C" Is for Corpse • "D" Is for Deadbeat • "E" Is for Evidence • "F" Is for Fugitive • "G" Is for Gumshoe • "H" Is for Homicide • "I" Is for Innocent • "J" Is for Judgment • "K" Is for Killer • "L" Is for Lawless • "M" Is for Malice • "N" Is for Noose • "O" Is for Outlaw • "P" Is for Peril • "Q" Is for Quarry • "R" Is for Ricochet • "S" Is for Silence • "T" Is for Trespass

Related articles	C. W. Grafton • Kinsey Millhone • Santa Teresa, California • Kinsey and Me

Other novels	Keziah Dane • The Lolly-Madonna War

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