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Summary: I can't get on board...
Review: the disgruntled Grafton fan train.I found P is for Peril to be engaging, and a fast read. I liked the whole idea of Tommy Hevener (time for a new romance, younger guy, good chemistry) so the twist that Grafton adds to make him a bad guy was unexpected and added to the plot. I do agree with many of the other reviewers that the plotting of "P" is a little light and Kinsey isn't at her best when she's not really interested in what she is doing. I liked some of the new characters - particularly Anica & Mariah Talbot (Sue G...perhaps a break to make one of them the heroine of a book not in the series?) I always appreciate more of Henry, but not enough of Sue's other usual regulars in the cast. Finally, I liked the guessing game you can play with the ending, although I'm a creature of habit & missed the "respectfully submitted..." piece. Still looking forward to "Q" and glad that Grafton has kept Kinsey alive, well, and cynical as ever!
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Summary: P IS FOR PROMISING
Review: All of the great elements of a promising mystery are found in this story but they fall flat on their face. The ex-wife of a prominent doctor hires Kinsey to find her missing ex-spouse. Oh, never mind the fact that the man has remarried and has an infant son. Throw in an investigation of fraud at the doctor's job and stir up some marital discord with the doctor's new wife. Don't forget Kinsey's problem with her new office landlord's brother. His hormones are at an all time high and Kinsey is his target. Forget about the fact that he and his brother are suspected of killing their parents. With all of those things going on what do you have? A mess of a story and plot. You see Kinsey being spun around in different directions to the point where you don't know where the story is going. Graton has given us three stories in one and neither one is complete. The incompleteness and motivations of Kinsey is what throws the reader off and renders the story unsatisfying. P is for Peril is not one of Grafton's best book in the series but it is not the worst. It starts out with a story full of potential but leaves you still guessing at the end of who did what and why. If you are a Grafton fan add this book to your collection. For anyone else be prepared for being short changed. P for Peril could be better.
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Summary: P was not up to Par
Review: Sue Grafton is one of my favorite authors, but I wish I had skipped this one! I agree with the other readers about the ending. It seemed very vague to me, too.
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Summary: Where have I read this before?
Review: I know that I have read this plot and a lot of the details before. It bugged me the whole time I was reading it, but where? Considering the cost of a new hardbound book, I'd like a NEW plot. The first half thr dullest thing that Grafton has written. It improved, but over all I would say that it was a waste of money.
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Summary: P is for Phooey
Review: thanks to the reviewers who have already reported in...I just KNEW that "a very very large mail-order book company" had sent me a copy of "P" that had somehow neglected to include the last chapter....what a disappointment this book was for me; I wait ANXIOUSLY for the next in the A-Z series, and the reaction I had to this one was "phooey".....it just didn't cut it...not anywhere near her usual and/or best.....Sue: please go back to the "wrapup" chapter and get Kinsey back in the current century....I don't know whose idea it was to go to this new "style", but drop it and get back to the Kinsey we all know and love
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Summary: The ending [is bad]
Review: I got to the last page of this book and expected more. The book was pretty good, but the ending wasn't what I was looking for and definitely not so soon. What happened to the last few pages? I have a signed copy and I thought that maybe for it being signed it was abridged or something. I spent 2 days reading it and then getting to the ending like that. If any more of her books end like this, I won't be fan much longer. I just hated spending hours reading this book and then it ending so abruptly.
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Summary: P is for Pitiful.
Review: What is this? Is Mrs Grafton getting tried of writing books? I enjoyed her series until she wrote O. Then it started to get stupid. What happen to Kinsey? Grafton's got her being lazy and stupid now. I hope Q is better than this. I'm glad I took the advice of other readers and went to the library to get this book; then to have wasted my money on a book that makes no sence, especially the ending.
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Summary: This is part one....Q will be part two
Review: I think P is for Peril is a wonderful read, and it shows Grafton's resurgance continuing after the disappointment of L, M and N. The two stories in P are both wonderful though I sometimes found the Haveners to be a little more interesting than the Purcells, but all in all, P is for Peril is a great addition to the Alphabet series. Also, while it did end a little abruptly, I realized quickly that the ending is a beginning for Q. My clue? If you read the blurb on the jacket about Sue, you will notice that she has already picked a title, Q is for Quarry, and to my recollection she has never ever revealed the title to the next book this early. This leads me to believe that she found a good place to end P, and the lack of a total ending means that she is continuing on to Q.
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Summary: p is for pedestrian
Review: In keeping with most other reviewers I was deadly disappointed by this book.Sue grafton's style has become pedestrian and lacked any cutting edge to it.Kinsey's character has not developed in any way and the writing was old fashioned and mundane.Kinsey seems to have no friends apart from Henry and compared to other female PI's lacks humour.The plot was unexciting because Ms Grafton did not care about the characters.And if SHE didnt HER readers certainly couldn't.I much prefer Dana Stabenow's heroine Kate Shugak and Caroline Aguilera Garcia's sassy Cuban heroine. Sorry Sue it is with great regret that I will not be buying the rest of the series.
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Summary: P is for Perhaps...
Review: Perhaps Grafton is tiring of the Alphabet series, Perhaps she has run out of ideas for Kinsey, Perhaps she forgot to finish this novel ( I, too, kept turning the page thinking there was more and wishing for a "Respectfully Submitted" ) Perhaps this is Grafton's new format of letting a confusing subplot overshadow the main plot. I don't know. It's not a horrible novel, it just isn't as grand as her others. And by the way, doesn't Kinsey have any damn friends that aren't over 80? I mean for God sakes, give this woman a friend already! Someone to have drinks with, someone to pal around with. Sheesh! Doesn't she get sick of hanging out with Henry, William and Rosie? Anyway, perhaps Grafton is throwing her readers for a loop and we are all missing a huge secretive thing that she has included without our knowledge. Perhaps we'll all grow to love this new style of writing. Perhaps not.
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