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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Enjoyable mystery
Well written and great for reading right before bed. I also needed an x for my alphabet challenge so it worked out perfectly
Well written and great for reading right before bed. I also needed an x for my alphabet challenge so it worked out perfectly
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
P.I. Kinsey Millhone is juggling multiple cases. Strangely, only one is for a paying client, and that one turns out to be a con. A wealthy woman claims to be searching for the son she gave up for adoption, but a vice cop tips Kinsey that the woman passed her marked bills from the ransom for an old art heist. And her "son" is a just-paroled safe-cracker. What are they up to? Meanwhile, Kinsey's landlord Henry is being a nice guy to new neighbors… who also seem to be running a scam of some sort.
Still, the case that is sucking Kinsey into deeper waters is a hand-me-down from the late Pete Wolinsky. Pete was an ex-colleague Kinsey didn't think much of. But in his old files, Kinsey finds an encrypted list of names, all of whom are tied somehow to a man named Ned Lowe. Unraveling the threads Pete was so careful to hide makes Kinsey re-evaluate her perceptions of Pete and her own prejudices… and leads her into unexpected danger.
Sue Grafton's fine hard-boiled detective series just gets better with each book. The characters are now old friends, and the cases continue to be engrossing. You can read each book as a stand-alone, but I recommend starting with A Is for Alibi and reading the entire series. Enjoy.
Still, the case that is sucking Kinsey into deeper waters is a hand-me-down from the late Pete Wolinsky. Pete was an ex-colleague Kinsey didn't think much of. But in his old files, Kinsey finds an encrypted list of names, all of whom are tied somehow to a man named Ned Lowe. Unraveling the threads Pete was so careful to hide makes Kinsey re-evaluate her perceptions of Pete and her own prejudices… and leads her into unexpected danger.
Sue Grafton's fine hard-boiled detective series just gets better with each book. The characters are now old friends, and the cases continue to be engrossing. You can read each book as a stand-alone, but I recommend starting with A Is for Alibi and reading the entire series. Enjoy.
I did not like this book. If I hadn't needed a book starting with "x" for a reading challenge, I would have DNF'd this. It was slow, overly detailed on unimportant matters, and had no real ending.
I don't know what she's going to do when she finishes Z, but I don't want to lose Kinsey!
Remember in the last couple of sookie stackhouse books, sookie has chapters and chapters where she sits on the porch, brushes her hair, makes sweet tea (and tells us every step), then puts on her underwear, then her pants, one leg at a time, then her bra, then her shirt, then her left sneaker, then her right sneaker, then brushes on some bronzer, then a little mascara, then some quick lip gloss, then puts her blonde hair into a smooth high pony tail, then talks about her boobs, then walks to her car, puts the keys in, takes a sip of water from her water bottle that Eric gave her that one time after he lost his memory, then puts the car in gear, then checks the rear view mirror even though she's at home on her own, expensive, gravel driveway, and there's no one there, and then drives to work at Merlotts? And that somehow got you from page 1 to page 358? Out of 376 pages? And then the last 18 pages were pretty action packed but by then you had lost track of who everyone was and you kind of didn't give a shit?
THIS BOOK WAS THE EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. Rosie's, Henry, his long lived siblings, her 3 mile jogs, Hungarian food, her tiny house, her lack of fashion sense, blah blah blah paycheck.
THIS BOOK WAS THE EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. Rosie's, Henry, his long lived siblings, her 3 mile jogs, Hungarian food, her tiny house, her lack of fashion sense, blah blah blah paycheck.
Sue Grafton is coming to the end of the alphabet in her Kinsey Millhone stories. Kinsey unravels the jumble of notes and clues left behind by Pete who was another investigator. Kinsey always thought that Pete's ethics were questionable but has to rethink that when new information surfaces. In Kinsey's world it is still the 1980s in Santa Teresa CA. Santa Teresa looks just like Santa Barbara to me.
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There is nothing new here but it does a solid job of doing its job.
With three different stories running at once it had a lot going on. I enjoyed the good rush at the end but I really want Kinsey to get the bad guy. I spent quite a bit of time yelling at this book, saying, "Don't do that!" and "Come on!" I really wanted her character to feel more of a time crunch, not take breaks to work on the side cases, etc. She also is quick to pick up some threads but then slow on others. Why didn't she see the photography link way earlier but she saw the misdirect with the painting heist?
So close to the end of alphabet. I did not think the book was a dark as described but as good mystery and a great nerw nemesis.