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S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
I have to say that this one was a bit weird. It takes place in the past, present, and then we jump forward a few months and we find out things in the next book about what occurred to Kinsey. We get hints about things, but nothing firm which I thought was an odd choice. I have so many Grafton books on my shelve, and I was so happy to buy this one back in 2005. It's still in good shape, and it was fun to take out this weekend and finish it off. One thing you can always say about Sue Grafton's books, they tend to fly by.
"S is for Silence" follows Kinsey as she is asked to look into the case of Violet Sullivan. Violet went missing back in 1953, and now in 1987, Daisy (Violet's daughter) hopes that Kinsey could track down what happened to her mother. When Kinsey reluctantly agrees to take on the case, she starts to find out more about Violet and those around her that loved and hated her.
Kinsey for once seems like a bit player in this story. And that's because Grafton changes up how she writes this one.
This was one of the first books that Grafton did past/present scenes with which also had other characters taking over the story from Kinsey. I didn't think it worked out entirely, but it was a good first effort, and when Grafton changes up the narration in the future to follow this model, it works out much more smoothly in my opinion.
We follow other characters like Liza (Violet's babysitter) and Liza's best friend Kathy. And some of the men who were involved with or hoped to be involved with Violet. One thing Grafton did well was showing the snakes under rocks in small towns.
The ending I thought was really great and I have to say that I get why Kinsey ended up being annoyed with Daisy. But there seems to be a semblance of some "hope" or something springing from this case.
"S is for Silence" follows Kinsey as she is asked to look into the case of Violet Sullivan. Violet went missing back in 1953, and now in 1987, Daisy (Violet's daughter) hopes that Kinsey could track down what happened to her mother. When Kinsey reluctantly agrees to take on the case, she starts to find out more about Violet and those around her that loved and hated her.
Kinsey for once seems like a bit player in this story. And that's because Grafton changes up how she writes this one.
This was one of the first books that Grafton did past/present scenes with which also had other characters taking over the story from Kinsey. I didn't think it worked out entirely, but it was a good first effort, and when Grafton changes up the narration in the future to follow this model, it works out much more smoothly in my opinion.
We follow other characters like Liza (Violet's babysitter) and Liza's best friend Kathy. And some of the men who were involved with or hoped to be involved with Violet. One thing Grafton did well was showing the snakes under rocks in small towns.
The ending I thought was really great and I have to say that I get why Kinsey ended up being annoyed with Daisy. But there seems to be a semblance of some "hope" or something springing from this case.