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Summary: This One Takes Some Close Attention!
Review: There is much going on in P is for Peril. The reader must pay close attention or he might get lost in the list of many characters and the various turns and twists of the plot. There are some unexpected shocks along the way as well but Kinsey plunges on.
Good story!
Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Books One - Three
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Summary: Kinsey works on two cases at once
Review: Kinsey Millhone is hired to investigate the disappearance of nursing home executive Dr. Dowan Purcell by his ex-wife Fiona. He is married to a woman named Crystal at the time of his disappearance. Kinsey investigates several motives, including some shady financial dealings at his work and an unhappy marriage. A second plot revolves around Kinsey's plans to rent office space from two brothers, who are hiding a grisly secret. The search for Dr. Purcell occupies most of the book, and Kinsey finds a lot of dead ends as she investigates his family and business connections. The relationship with the two brothers is more suspenseful but that subplot ends in a rather [bad] and unsatisfying manner. The solution to the disappearance of Dr. Purcell moves very slowly until the end, when Kinsey has a sudden revelation, seemingly something she had not considered during her investigation. Though not the best book of the series, this one is still a good read.
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Summary: Nice, but not particularly great.
Review: Grafton demonstrates she still knows how to write. But I can't see this one being treated as one of the better enteries in the series. It is still a good read. Enjoy it the first time around and move on.
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Summary: A good Audio Taped Version is Available to Fans- of course!
Review: I enjoyed the audio tape of the book and am a great fan of Kinsey Milhone! She's easy to understand and her adventures and activites are not too difficult to follow. Grafton is a wonderful author for readers beginning to explore the mystery genre. This was not the most interesting adventure for Kinsey, but it was worth listening to and it held my interest while I was driving on a long trip.
Evelyn Horan - children's author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Book One
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Book Two
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Summary: How does it end...?
Review: P is for Peril closely follows the pattern of Sue Grafton's other books. I enjoyed the multiple storylines in this one. I also enjoyed the main plotline but I don't believe that Sue Grafton brought the mystery to conclusion. She leaves us to surmise who did it but, in reality, the circumstantial evidence that she presents us could point to a few other suspects. So, overall it was a good read but a disappointment in the ending. Because of the way it ended, I actually thought that there would be a sequel in Q is for Quarry. If you hate ending a book without being sure of who did it, you may not like this one. If you like Sue Grafton's style, you'll enjoy this.
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Summary: I don't get it
Review: Perhaps this should be on a Grafton message board, but I did not understand this book; to the extent that I went to Borders because I thought my copy did not have all the pages. The Amazon page shows 384 pages and my copy ended at 370 and the line '...until Jonah arrived'. What's up? Kinsey, seeing Anica and Crystal together apparently had an epiphany, but I certainly missed it. Is that really the end of the book? Along with one of the other reviewers I thought the two brothers were superfluous to the plot; it's almost as if Ms. Grafton had to fill space.To me, very jumbled. Sorry.
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Summary: ¿P is for Peril¿ risking questionable scenarios
Review: ***I commend Sue Grafton on being able to keep a mid-alphabet beginning reader informed with the entire Millhone story-line, I began reading Kinsey's adventures with P and experienced very few incidents of blank-stare faces. The descriptive techniques of Grafton are well crafted greatly appreciated, though the long list of characters had me in a whirlwind. Grafton provided an actual detective story, she held out the discovery of Dr. Dowan Purcell after an adequate period of time. The sub-plot of the story is an odd concoction that doesn't appear to fit-in with the actual plot of the story, more like some excuse for Kinsey to have guy problems. The outlandish scenario of the sub-plot came to an even more that unfeasible conclusion than the entire sub-plot itself. The final outcome was also somewhat disappointing. It appeared to be an unusual twist, that came from somewhere in thin air; a part of the joy in reading a mystery is having at least the slightest chance of discovering the conclusion before the final page is read. As a reader, if I have no chance of detecting the criminal, I have no sense of accomplishment and feel cheated somehow. Kinsey Millhone is a character that is impossible not to like, though. A female detective is an idea that still tickles the imagination, and gives a breath of fresh air to the female-public. Her straightforward, smart mouth, independent woman attitude is greatly superlative in comparison to any male detective. Perhaps beginning with P was not the best of ideas, and I'd appreciate her work more all the way back to A. Either way, Grafton is definitely not an author that I'd set aside frivolously.
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Summary: Maybe should have been H is for 'huh?'
Review: I really usually enjoy Grafton's book. This one left me flummoxed! Grafton is definitely one of our better writers of the female detective genre in the U.S. I prefer her books to some others I could name, mainly because she is an intelligent writer. However, like many of these 'series' that get started with the best of intentions, this particular one is losing steam...I commisserate with Grafton's probable frustration at having cornered herself into writing a series of mysteries from A to Z. It must be difficult to come up with original ideas after a period of time. However, that really did not seem to be the problem here. The book was slow in starting, but then seemed to be chugging along just fine. I kept looking at the remaining pages left for me to read as they got smaller and smaller with no obvious 'end' in sight. So when Grafton literally ended with a phone call, and no real obvious conclusion (no one was arrested, no one confronted except the wrong person, etc.)...well, I went backwards through several pages and chapters to see if I had missed something. I know I read fast especially when it comes to books I pick up for pure enjoyment, but I didn't think I read it that fast! Not only was the main crime not solved to my satisfaction, but the side story dealing with Kinsey's involvement with a couple of sleazy brothers was never solved either. This is not to discourage anyone from reading Grafton's books...she is, as I have said, an intelligent author, and she doesn't dummy down her books for her audience (which makes me cringe). But this time, she lost me at the very end...I know it wasn't just me, because some of the other reviewers said the same thing. Karen Sadler
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Summary: Entertaining, but a lot of loose ends
Review: "P is for Peril" kept me guessing about who the killer was right up to the end. Usually that's great because Kinsey's other suspects always have some degree of motive, or a questionable past. But in "P", the subplots overlapping the main story didn't have much, if any, relation to the final outcome.
Kinsey is still entertaining while being wrapped up in her usual circumstances - unhappy with her office, being attracted to someone who is a loser, and having a biting sense of humor. But "Peril" left me wanting an explanation of "what was this all about, anyway"
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Summary: P=Perfectly different
Review: This is not a typical Kinsey Milhone mystery and unless you are a hard-core Grafton fan you might not like this one. This one has alot of stuff on Medicare and Social Security regs and this can be dull but in Grafton's (Kinsey's) hands it isn't. Best moment when Kinsey realizes she bugging the wrong suspect.
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