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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100399147195

ISBN-139780399147197

eBay Product ID (ePID)1731737

Product Key Features

Book TitleP Is for Peril

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

Publication Year2001

GenreFiction

AuthorSue Grafton

Book SeriesKinsey Millhone Alphabet Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight22.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-046024

Reviews" P IS FOR PERIL CRACKLES WITH SUSPENSE AND POPS WITH SURPRISES." Newsday "GRAFTON COOKS UP SCENARIOS THAT GET YOUR WHEELS TURNING . . . SHE'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU'RE UP HALF THE NIGHT READING TO THE END." San Francisco Chronicle "SHARP-EYED AND SHARP-TONGUED [KINSEY MILLHONE] IS AS CAPABLE AND ACERBIC AS EVER." The Wall Street Journal

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentPreface.Notation and Symbols.1 Introduction.1.1 Historical Perspective.1.2 How to Use This Book.1.3 Outline of The Book.1.4 Notes and References.2 Linear Algebra.2.1 Basic Concepts in Linear Algebra.2.2 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors.2.3 Complex Eigenvalues.2.4 Cayley-Hamilton Theorem.2.5 Invariant Subspaces and Jordan Canonical Form.2.6 Semi-definite Matrices.2.7 Algebraic Riccati Equations.2.8 Notes and References..2.9 Exercises.2.10 Appendix.3 Dynamical Systems.3.1 Description of Linear Dynamical Systems.3.2 Existence-Uniqueness Results for Differential Equations.3.3 Stability Theory: General Case.3.4 Stability Theory of Planar Systems.3.5 Geometric Concepts.3.6 Performance Specifications.3.7 Examples of Differential Games.3.8 Information, Commitment and Strategies.3.9 Notes and References.3.10 Exercises.3.11 Appendix.4 Optimization Techniques.4.1 Optimization of Functionals.4.2 The Euler-Lagrange Equation.4.3 Pontryagin's Maximum Principle..4.4 Dynamic Programming Principle.4.5 Solving Optimal Control Problems.4.5 Notes and References.4.6 Exercises.4.7 Appendix.5 Regular Linear Quadratic Optimal Control5.1 Problem Statement.5.2 Finite-Planning Horizon.5.3 Riccati Differential Equations.5.4 Infinite-Planning Horizon.5.5 Convergence Results.5.6 Notes and References.5.7 Exercises.5.8 Appendix.6 Cooperative Games6.1 Pareto Solutions.6.2 Bargaining Concepts.6.3 Nash Bargaining Solution.6.4 Numerical Solution.6.5 Notes and References.6.6 Exercises.<

SynopsisShe's every lover's feisty girlfriend. She's every father's courageous daughter. She's every woman's tough, vulnerable, and spirited alter ego.She's Kinsey Millhone, familiar to millions of readers around the globe, and she's back in full stride in P is for Peril, her latest venture into the darker side of the human soul. Mordant, mocking, and deceptively low-key, hers is a voice we know we can trust, from a character we've come to love.Through fifteen novels, Sue Grafton has gone from strength to strength, never writing the same book twice. So it's no surprise that she has taken on new territory in her sixteenth, this time entering the world of noir. It's a world cast in shades of black amid shafts of steel and silver, a shadow land in which the mysterious disappearance of a prominent physician leads Kinsey into a danger-filled maze of duplicity and double-dealing as she taps into the intricacies of a cunning Medicare fraud.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 herself, reaching further with each new book, Sue Grafton delivers every time., She's every lover's feisty girlfriend. She's every father's courageous daughter. She's every woman's tough, vulnerable, and spirited alter ego. She's Kinsey Millhone, familiar to millions of readers around the globe, and she's back in full stride in P is for Peril , her latest venture into the darker side of the human soul. Mordant, mocking, and deceptively low-key, hers is a voice we know we can trust, from a character we've come to love. Through fifteen novels, Sue Grafton has gone from strength to strength, never writing the same book twice. So it's no surprise that she has taken on new territory in her sixteenth, this time entering the world of noir. It's a world cast in shades of black amid shafts of steel and silver, a shadow land in which the mysterious disappearance of a prominent physician leads Kinsey into a danger-filled maze of duplicity and double-dealing as she taps into the intricacies of a cunning Medicare fraud. 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 herself, reaching further with each new book, Sue Grafton delivers every time.

LC Classification NumberPS3557.R13P3 2001