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Q is for Quarry
by Sue Grafton
This 17th novel in the Kinsey Milhone series is a nice return to form after a disappointing and frustrating ending to [b:P is for Peril|380976|P is for Peril (Kinsey Millhone, #16)|Sue Grafton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390789158s/380976.jpg|7176513]. In fact I would rank this one among the very best that I have read so far in the series. This time around author Sue Grafton was inspired by a real life cold case involving a teenage girl’s murdered body being found, never identified, and of course never solved. Kinsey teams up with a couple of retired detectives, both with significant health problems who alternate hospital stays while Kinsey pounds the pavement.
This is most definitely a police procedural story requiring the hard work and constant digging for clues via looking through old case files and interviewing lots of people even if there is very little hope that they will be able to provide any useful information. Consequently there are a lot of minor characters but I thought, as usual, the author does a great job of making them all unique and even interesting. There is also a bit more progress made on Kinsey’s own personal back story as she continues to learn and become more connected to her family.
I will also note that there are several clever ways that the letter Q is included in the novel. The title itself is a double entendre with “quarry” referring both to the chase for the murderer as well as the physical stone quarry near where the body is found. In addition there are characters with Q names and even the town where most of the plot occurs starts with “Q”.
Looking forward to [b:R is for Ricochet|64862|R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)|Sue Grafton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388265730s/64862.jpg|62954].
This is most definitely a police procedural story requiring the hard work and constant digging for clues via looking through old case files and interviewing lots of people even if there is very little hope that they will be able to provide any useful information. Consequently there are a lot of minor characters but I thought, as usual, the author does a great job of making them all unique and even interesting. There is also a bit more progress made on Kinsey’s own personal back story as she continues to learn and become more connected to her family.
I will also note that there are several clever ways that the letter Q is included in the novel. The title itself is a double entendre with “quarry” referring both to the chase for the murderer as well as the physical stone quarry near where the body is found. In addition there are characters with Q names and even the town where most of the plot occurs starts with “Q”.
Looking forward to [b:R is for Ricochet|64862|R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)|Sue Grafton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388265730s/64862.jpg|62954].