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Summary: Getting a little musty
Review: I love Sue Grafton's books, but this one disappoints. The plot is skimpy and just peters out. I think Ms. Grafton needs to take a long vacation and come back fresh to her series.--Lan Sluder
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Summary: Complicated series of stories interwoven - classic Grafton
Review: I loved P is for Peril, but then I love Grafton and apart from one or two of her books I rate them all at 5. I just love Kinsey as a detective, and I love the smallness of the world she inhabits. In Kinsey's latest mystery she has quite a complex crime to solve. Complex and seemingly impossible. She is asked by the ex-wife of a missing doctor (Dow Purcell) to track him down. He disappeared a couple of months beforehand and there has been no trace of him since. It seems the trail has run cold and even at the time there were very few clues to aid police. Kinsey isn't sure she wants to take it. The client is, quite frankly, a bitch and she doesn't think she can shed much more light on the case that has been picked over by the police. At the same time Kinsey is searching for new office space as she is starting to feel claustrophobic sharing quarters with Lonnie Kingman. Her search leads her to a small building almost right next door to her and the Hevener brothers from Texas. Unfortunately that leads her right into another case of murder which is something to close and personal for her to want to get involved in. She gets dragged in regardless. The main case of the Missing Doctor Purcell is really what this book is about. As usual there are plenty of suspects and plenty of confusion - why did Doctor Purcell's first wife bring in a detective, and not his second wife to whom he was currently married when he disappeared?, What possible financial shenanigans have been going on at Dr Purcell's business, Pacific Meadows, and was that why he disappeared? There are reasons to suspect just about everyone in the case and very good reasons too. In fact even up until the last couple of pages I was still suspecting the wrong people. Certainly there is some ambiguity in the final pages, it is not a straight forward Kinsey Millhone ending with 'respectfully yours' written at the end. I am not sure why this one is so different in its ending. But the criminals are clear and the intent is also if you read back through the pages - especially through the previous 10 or pages. I guess Grafton could have made that a little clearer but I loved the book anyway and am still very much looking forward to Q is for Quarry coming out.
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Summary: P is for Peril
Review: Sue Grafton's latest started out fine, but I was a little disappointed with the ending. I read the final chapter twice and was still wondering "who did it". My question is, who and why? In previous books, there has been an epilogue "Respectfully submitted by Kinsey Millhone summing up her findings. I loaned the book to a friend and she came up with the same conclusion. I sincerely hope "Q is for Quarry" answers some of these questions.
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Summary: Her best yet!
Review: I think Sue Grafton has gotten a second wind...the last few Kinsey Milhone books prior this one were lacking in twists and interest, but in P is for Peril, Kinsey is back on track. A genuinely interesting and twisting plot line.
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Summary: A TRULY TWISTING MYSTERY
Review: I think that this book is wonderful. At every turn and twist of the story you'll gasp in suprise of Kinsey's latest discovery. This is the first book in this series that I have read and I could understand the characters perfectly. I know the next book that I am going to read is A is for Alibi. In this story there is more than one mystery to be solved. I'm a young reader who loves mystery/action novels and this one was great!
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Summary: Not her best
Review: I just finished reading this book and it was good but not how she usually writes. I kept forgetting I was reading a Kinsey book. It was not like her others, which I have read, at all. In a way it was kind of boring. And the ending was weird. I have no idea who the killer was. She did not say. I will look forward & buy her next book but this one just does not rank up there with the others. I totally agree with the first few reviews.
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Summary: P is for....
Review: PLEASE...somebody who pretends to have understood the ending, explain it here. Start your review with a disclaimer not to read any further if you don't want to know the ending. Those of us who seriously thought we'd gotten a book with missing pages at the end would like your insight. If you're one of the reviewers (a minority to be sure) who thought the ending "subtle and clever" you should point out what clues the rest of us missed. Until I hear from you, I'll have to conclude that this book had no ending. It was a murder mystery that (at least for me) didn't answer any of the "who" "how" and "why" questions.
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Summary: Perilousless
Review: Kinsey is still on target as the well woven individulist, who follows her own complex cloth. But, the story dropped a major stitch. - The peril was not due to Kinsey's mis-selection of a case for detecting, but the ordinary consequence of seeking a new office and the subsequent knowledge this action brings. After debating her options with Henry, her beloved landlord, Kinsey leaves her decision in doubt. So unknowningly, Henry puts himself into the "peril" and it is along this course that the chosing of peril SHOULD have been given more life and scare for both he and Kinsey. Additionally, a bit more NEW information of Kinsey's past/future is due all of her devoted fans. Grafton is too good to have pressed this jacket so shiney and thin. Maybe her stated decision to complete the alphabet in 18-month stints, rather than annually, is a decison well made. I await Q is for Quarry, because every at bat did not produce a home run, even for Sammy Sousa. (SMILE!)
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Summary: First Grafton
Review: I was recently in a Borders books when Ms. Grafton was speaking and picked up her book to commemorate the event. My mother read the book first and then forced me to read it (which is only fair since I forced her to read Janet Evanovich's series). Kinsey's capers in this newest Grafton are light and entertaining. It's not a novel that's going tax your brain or cause you to pull out the notecards to keep things straight but it will keep you guessing. Grafton is good reading for those lazy rainy days or for times when you want to unwind. Funny, humorous, and entertaining. Kinsey's hot on the trail of a missing doctor hired by his ex wife no less. The old harridan is making Kinsey regret her hasty acceptance of the hefty money but that's not the only complication Ms. Milhone is going to have to face before she can take this one off the books. Grafton will keep you guessing. Don't be surprised if you like the killer more than the client.
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Summary: How's she do it?
Review: Is it just me or does Sue Grafton keep getting better and better with each new book? This one grabs you and keeps you going, like N is for Noose and O is for Outlaw. I'm glad there are 26 letters in the alphabet and I wish there were 26 more, if Sue and Kinsey keep it up!
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