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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Basé sur un faits divers que Sue Grafton a entendu lors d'un dîner, cette enquête de Kinsey commence un peu laborieusement, on a du mal à comprendre où l'auteur nous emmène et le secret est de lâcher prise, se laisser guider pour, finalement, se retrouver comme Kinsey, haletante et le cerveau à 1000 à l'heure pour essayer de découvrir la vérité.
On en apprend plus sur la famille de Kinsey, ce qui permet de voir qu'une autre trame se noue d'un roman à l'autre. Est-ce que Kinsey finira par accepter sa famille ?
En attendant, on se régale avec une enquête bien ficelée, des rebondissements dans toutes les directions et une description du désert de Californie qui donne l'impression d'y être.
On en apprend plus sur la famille de Kinsey, ce qui permet de voir qu'une autre trame se noue d'un roman à l'autre. Est-ce que Kinsey finira par accepter sa famille ?
En attendant, on se régale avec une enquête bien ficelée, des rebondissements dans toutes les directions et une description du désert de Californie qui donne l'impression d'y être.
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
a weaving of fiction with a real unsolved murder case from 1969. In “Q” Is for Quarry, Kinsey teams up with two aging detectives—both compelling characters in their own right—to revisit a decades-old mystery involving an unidentified teenage girl found dead near a quarry. The case, long cold, becomes personal as they dig through layers of forgotten clues, small-town secrets, and fading memories. I listened on audio at one and a half speed.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
this one was set up a little different than Sue’s other ones. It was still a fun cold case investigation. And apparently inspired by a true cold case that remains unsolved.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this because I needed the letter "Q" for the alphabet challenge. It was ok, but it wasn't one of my favorite reads.
As I was reading the book, I thought that the author seemed to be putting together an atypical story to fit into the the "quarry" description. It was nice to learn more about Dolan; since his details weren't very deep in the past, it provided more flexibility for the story. What started as a big longshot of a case, a lot of lucky breaks allowed for an eventual solution of the case. The deep development of the supporting cast of characters added a lot of possibilities to what eventually happened in the past and as a result of the investigation. It turns out to be related to an actual open-ended case, which added to the story with procedural details.
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
I liked all of these so much when they were published. It was nice to drop back in and see Kinsey! Sad that this real-life mystery has never been solved.