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Q is for Quarry
by Sue Grafton
This is one of the better alphabet series books. The case in this story was based on a real-life case. Kinsey is back to being a smart strong woman who uses her brain and can handle herself without acting like a 5 year old. We got to see more interaction with her long lost family which was nice too.
The story starts with Kinsey talking almost civil-y with a cousin and then an aunt who try to give her a part of her past she has been ignoring and being nasty to out of spite. At the same time she is hired by a police friend who is out on sick leave from a heart attack to help him and another office fighting cancer. They want to take a look at an old case that has stuck with them for almost 20 years. One wants to cheer up the other who has a depressed outlook on life while the other wants to solve the mystery of a jane doe murder before his end. The case leads them several small desert towns where after all this time peoples attitudes have changed and their memories are still on the events of the past.
All of the characters are well done here and the mystery takes many twists and turns that has you guessing who is the real killer up until almost the end. The characters are unique without being annoying and you could see meeting these people in real life. The attitudes of small town life are represented well too. The only part that drags on and draws you away are the sometimes repetitive and overly detailed descriptions of the desert landscape. Over all a well done mystery.
At the end of the book it was interesting to hear about the real life case that inspired this novel. If you have an edition with the sketch in it, it's worth taking a look at.
The story starts with Kinsey talking almost civil-y with a cousin and then an aunt who try to give her a part of her past she has been ignoring and being nasty to out of spite. At the same time she is hired by a police friend who is out on sick leave from a heart attack to help him and another office fighting cancer. They want to take a look at an old case that has stuck with them for almost 20 years. One wants to cheer up the other who has a depressed outlook on life while the other wants to solve the mystery of a jane doe murder before his end. The case leads them several small desert towns where after all this time peoples attitudes have changed and their memories are still on the events of the past.
All of the characters are well done here and the mystery takes many twists and turns that has you guessing who is the real killer up until almost the end. The characters are unique without being annoying and you could see meeting these people in real life. The attitudes of small town life are represented well too. The only part that drags on and draws you away are the sometimes repetitive and overly detailed descriptions of the desert landscape. Over all a well done mystery.
At the end of the book it was interesting to hear about the real life case that inspired this novel. If you have an edition with the sketch in it, it's worth taking a look at.