She was a Jane Doe an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off Californias Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriffs Department but the detectives had little to go on & after months of investigation the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement want one last shot at the case.. .and they turn to Kinsey Millhone to help them find closure. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business & what begins with the pursuit of Jane Does real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer. Based on an unsolved homicide that occured in 1969 Q is for Quarry" & Graftons interest in the case have renewed police efforts. The body has been exhumed & a facial reconstruction made that appears in the last pages of the novel. It is hoped that the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification."