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Summary: very pleasing-Kinsey's personality makes it all worth while.
Review: This is the first Sue Grafton book I have read and I am now delighted that there are 14 other books that I can read through now. That should keep me busy until I find another author I like. Kinsey's light and humorous mind reminds me of Janet Evanovich's heroine, whom is my favorite. To be able to laugh while being involved in a mystery is a delightful escape.
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Summary: O is for obnoxious
Review: I've read many of the alphabet series. The books are increasingly predictable and boring. Kinsey is becoming an obnoxious person. Who would break and enter to save a few dollars? I disliked all of her condescending remarks about other characters who are guilty of much less than Kinsey herself. The series needs to have some updating, utilizing modern technology. I was amazed at many of the reviews giving 4 or 5 stars. In the past three months, I've read many mystery books. I've probably read about 40 books by Patricia Cornwall, Jeffery Deaver, J. Jance, Lucian Truscott IV, James Patterson, and others. Now, that I have something to compare with the alphabet series, I realize just how lacking in substance and plot are the Sue Grafton books. I didn't know how many great mystery writers there were, and now there is no going back to something of lesser quality. I've found books that I can't put down and read in one day or stay up in the night until I finish them. I never got that from the alphabet series, and that is why I gave one star.
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Summary: "O" is for Outstanding
Review: O.K., maybe "outstanding" is a bit of an exaggeration, but this is certainly one of the better books in this series. Kinsey Millhone is ever the irreverant, joke-cracking private investigator, but in this book her past life is part of the investigation. She is offered a box full of memorabilia from her past when her ex-husband defaults on the payments to his storage area, and the contents are bought by the highest bidder. The man who buys the contents of the storage area offers them to Kinsey for a price which her curiosity prods her to pay. As she goes through the box, she decides that she treated him unjustly when they were married and she seeks him out in order to apologize. Matters are complicated by the fact that her ex-husband has been shot and is in the hospital in a coma. While waiting for him to recover, Kinsey begins investigating his death and comes upon some secrets which are not easy to face. She spins together a series of clues and comes up with a solution just in time to face the killer in a chase to the death. This is a good read.
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Summary: O is for OKAY!
Review: Quite a few years ago, I went through a phase of reading only detective fiction, and discovered that women write some of the best around. Some women writers who developed strong female protagonists became my favourites, and even though I've largely gone off detective fiction, I've continued following the careers of Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone, Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski, Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott and, of course, Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone. Like most of the other reviewers, I started at A, and just last month got to O. Already I'm wondering what will happen to Kinsey when Sue Grafton gets to Z.I found the note to the reader regarding the timeline of this series of novels interesting, since I had sort of been wondering how come Kinsey had no mobile phone, continued to manually type her reports, and relied on friends and contacts to help get information, most of which is now readily available on the Internet - she's living in 1986! The fact that only 4 years have elapsed from A (set in 1982) to O explains why Kinsey's life has hardly changed (particularly in comparison to those other detectives referred to above). Kinsey continues to live in her converted garage, and still flogs her geriatric VW up and down the Californian highways. She still owns only one dress (probably the same one), favouring jeans and T-shirt as working attire, still lives on junk food, sandwiches and Hungarian food, and still begrudgingly runs and works out. One thing I particularly enjoyed with this episode was finding out a bit more about Kinsey's past. Although her marriages have been mentioned many times in passing, this time we found out a lot about her first marriage, and through that, a lot more about what makes Kinsey tick. When Kinsey gets a call from a guy who buys up stuff from defaulted storage units, saying he had some of her old personal things, for the first time in many years she decides to track down her first husband, who rented the unit in the first place. She eventually finds him hovering on death's door after being shot with a gun he'd given her as a wedding present and which, although left behind when she left the marriage, was still registered to her. In her attempts to find who shot him, Kinsey uncovers a mystery going back to the war-torn jungles of Vietnam, revisits people from her old life, finds out she'd misjudged her husband, and meets some weird and interesting characters. Once again, while sometimes giving more details than I really need, Sue Grafton manages to keep the plot full of twists and turns right until the end. It won't come as a surprise to find that although beset by a host of desperate characters, Kinsey survives everything to make a return appearance in whatever P is for. Can't wait for that.
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Summary: A great way to pass the time in a long ride!
Review: "O" was a fast,funny,and suspensful read. I read it all on a 12 hr. car ride and the time flew. I loved seeing Kinsey return to her old stomping grounds and meeting up with old friends and enemies. I took a guess at who the killer was and Ms.Grafton totally surprised me. The whodunit wasn't the only mystery but there are alot of other things that add to it that I couldn't figure out. This is a very revealing look into Kinsey's past and I recommend this to new fans and old fans.
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Summary: My first Grafton Novel
Review: This is the first time I have read a Sue Grafton novel. I really got a kick out of Kinsey Millhone. I enjoyed her style and I enjoyed her spunky personality. I think I will have to check out A-O.
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Summary: Sue Grafton - O Is For Outlaw
Review: I am a faithful fan of Sue Grafton, all are excellent, and this one was no exception. Kinsey is every womans hero, who has been through some hard times but always comes out on top. Please Sue we need some more!
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Summary: Kinsey is back!
Review: I have traveled the alphabet with Sue Grafton and this book helps me to understand the main character in the series all the more. This book is one of her best. I loved learning more about Mickey. However, this is the only Sue Grafton book that forced me to find the box of kleenex in order to get through the last pages.
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Summary: The Best One Yet
Review: Sue Grafton outdid herself in this one. The glimpse into Kinsey's past has been something her fans have long awaited. I read this book in two sittings and the end was bittersweet; it left me teary eyed. I won't reveal the ending, I just want to say that I wish Mick could have known. I think he deserved that much.
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Summary: Grafton consistently good
Review: For fans of Grafton's other work, you will not be disappointed. I really enjoyed the look into Kinsey's past.
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