Sue Grafton Novel Based on Real Unsolved Murder Case
Author Sue Grafton's novel 'Q is for Quarry' was based on a real case involving a young woman found dead in a quarry near Lone Park, California. The victim had never been identified. Grafton studied the actual case files and maintained contact with the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office for her research.
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“The afterword essentially was a statement to a reader that this was actually based on a real case. It concerned a young woman who had been killed and left in a quarry in near to Lone Park, California, and had never been identified. And this caught Sue Grafton's fancy.”
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