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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sue Grafton does it again, she creates a compelling mystery along with a few interesting characters to follow. Kinsey is likable and makes reading her interesting.
I thought the double plot-line would be too much, but I have to agree with Grafton, it gives the story a bit more tempo and rhythm and it adds lots of action into a job that is not all car jmping and guns shooting, even if Kinsey gets a few of both.
At the beginning when Irene hires Kinsey to go into the desert I was bored, thinking long sleepless nights and days crawling in a deserted landscape, getting thirsty and all, but Grafton knows her job and she just showed what was needed from the desert to come back to Santa Teresa and attack new flanks.
I thought the double plot-line would be too much, but I have to agree with Grafton, it gives the story a bit more tempo and rhythm and it adds lots of action into a job that is not all car jmping and guns shooting, even if Kinsey gets a few of both.
At the beginning when Irene hires Kinsey to go into the desert I was bored, thinking long sleepless nights and days crawling in a deserted landscape, getting thirsty and all, but Grafton knows her job and she just showed what was needed from the desert to come back to Santa Teresa and attack new flanks.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
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
The seventh book in the Kinsey Millhone series, and another enjoyable read. All of Graftons books follow the same basic set up, which makes them easy to read and enjoy.
adventurous
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
I'm proceeding along my target of reading these at a rate of about 4 per year. I'm getting a good dose of Kinsey Milhone without burning out on them.
I think many readers who have never tried this series may think they are sort of a Jessica Fletcher/Murder She Wrote series, simply because the lead character is female as is the author. But not so. Kinsey is not a "busy-body" who stumbles across murders in her home town every week and solves them; rather she is an ex-cop and now an experienced private investigator. She also happens to be a pretty tough lady, knows how to use a gun, as well as her wits and has a delightfully snarky attitude from time to time. She needs all of her skills in this particular novel because, in addition to the missing persons case she's been hired to work, she is also notified that a contract has been put on her life by a previous, now jailed convict.
Ms. Grafton does her usual superb job of providing color and detail to the fictional California town of Santa Teresa. She keeps the pages turning with good pacing, interweaving action sequences with colorful characters and poignant moments. The reader must go with the flow as these novels progress, however, and suspend belief to some extent. If one were to catalogue all of her injuries, wounds, etc. over the course of the series, she would be one a giant walking scab at this point...and I'm only up to the 7th book so far. Having said that though, these novels continue to grow on me and I have no reason to think that I won't be pursuing them all the way to the end of the alphabet. If my timing is right, the "Z" edition should be available just about when I'm ready to read it.
I think many readers who have never tried this series may think they are sort of a Jessica Fletcher/Murder She Wrote series, simply because the lead character is female as is the author. But not so. Kinsey is not a "busy-body" who stumbles across murders in her home town every week and solves them; rather she is an ex-cop and now an experienced private investigator. She also happens to be a pretty tough lady, knows how to use a gun, as well as her wits and has a delightfully snarky attitude from time to time. She needs all of her skills in this particular novel because, in addition to the missing persons case she's been hired to work, she is also notified that a contract has been put on her life by a previous, now jailed convict.
Ms. Grafton does her usual superb job of providing color and detail to the fictional California town of Santa Teresa. She keeps the pages turning with good pacing, interweaving action sequences with colorful characters and poignant moments. The reader must go with the flow as these novels progress, however, and suspend belief to some extent. If one were to catalogue all of her injuries, wounds, etc. over the course of the series, she would be one a giant walking scab at this point...and I'm only up to the 7th book so far. Having said that though, these novels continue to grow on me and I have no reason to think that I won't be pursuing them all the way to the end of the alphabet. If my timing is right, the "Z" edition should be available just about when I'm ready to read it.
Short and to the point! Lots of tension, a bit of romance and some pretty colorful characters.