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G Is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries (Paperback))

G Is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries (Paperback))

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A really good one from Kinsey stock
Review: Good plot, more of Kinsey's character, and mercifully, the two main threads are not connected. Dietz is a good character - worth a few novels of his own, maybe?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Another great mystery from Grafton.
Review: I find myself writing the same things over and over about the books in this series, but Grafton is so consistently top-notch that it's hard to think of new superlatives. Kinsey is a great character--complex, tough, practical, nosy--and Grafton stays true to that character in all her books.

Kinsey's not just solving a mystery in this one, she's also trying to outwit the hit man on her tail. To this end, she teams up with another P.I. to act as her bodyguard. This innovative twist adds just the right amount of suspense to this book, and the ending--to both the mystery and the hit man scenario--is definitely a kicker.

Whether this is your first Kinsey Millhone book or you're a fan of the entire series (there's a nice emotional payoff for Kinsey fans in this one, as Kinsey finally meets a man worthy of her), this one is a must-read. Enjoy!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Suspense was good, ending not so good
Review: I have always liked the Kinsey Millhone books because they pull you in and keep you rivited. The endings need work.
Kinsey hooks up with another PI who is sent to protect her from a hit man. In the mean-time, she is trying to find an old lady and then trying to find out why she dies.
I have read some of the reviews here. I liked the combination of the 2 stories. AND I didn't think the ending was too abrupt. I just didn't like it.
Not much more to say about this one. I just hope with all the books Grafton has churned out, that I see some improvement.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Pretty Good One
Review: I thought this one in the Kinsey series was quite different than Sue's others. The beginning and the end of the novel were very exciting, but in the middle it was a little slow. She seemed to be thinking and writing on a higher order for this one. Make sure to pay very close attention to Agnes's clues near the beginning of the novel. However, There were a couple of things that bothered me with the story. Kinsey seemed to piece everything together quite easily together with Agnes's past. It wasn't that clear for me on who was whom. The character of Irene was obnoxious in the way she was always sickly. Also, there didn't seem to be any apparent attraction between kinsey and the bodyguard, and then boom, they are romantically connected. All and all, I like this one and E is for Evidence the most so far in the series.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Keeps you guessing!!
Review: In this 7th. book of the Kinsey Milhonne series, the likeable female sleuth is in search of Agnes Gray who has not been in contact with her daughter Irene for several months. At the same time, Kinsey is trying to avoid being killed by a hit man who is hired by someone trying to wreak revenge on her. She reluctantly hires a bodyguard, Robert Dietz, who is a male counterpart to Kinsey--tough, independent, and good at his job.
Grafton skillfully weaves these plots together, and creates a mystery involving lost identities and family secrets. Kinsey continues to grow as a character--plucky and unflappable, with just the right amount of vulnerability and frank self-appraisal.
Another winner!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Who Knows What Kinsey Will Deal With Next? Read On!
Review: In this book, Kinsey celebrates her 33RD birthday. She moves back to her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady supposedly living in the Mojave desert by herself. And then she also manages to make the top of Tyrone Patty's hit list.As much as she hates to admit it, Kinsey realizes she needs help fending this guy off if she is going to survive. This is where Robert Dietz, a Porsche driving bodyguard comes in. He yakes his job very seriously, starting to fall for Kinsey.And then before she knows it, she falls into a gruesome case that will lead her into betrayal.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: an unusually large story for Grafton, and well-executed
Review: In this seventh installment of Kinsey Millhone's adventures as a private detective, Kinsey has much more on her plate than usual. She is hired to locate a client's elderly mother, who has disappeared; she also discovers that someone is trying to have her killed. The first challenge develops in unexpected ways, and the search for Kinsey's would-be killer is a well-integrated secondary plot. The whole thing is bound up in Grafton's usual competent, easy-to-read writing.

The book's only shortcoming is that it could have been much more than it was. It is essentially two stories coincident in time and both involving Kinsey; no thematic connection between them is evident. While this does not detract from the novel's enjoyability, it leaves some doubt as to why Grafton introduced a second story element rather than elaborating a bit more on the first.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: an unusually large story for Grafton, and well-executed
Review: In this seventh installment of Kinsey Millhone's adventures as a private detective, Kinsey has much more on her plate than usual. She is hired to locate a client's elderly mother, who has disappeared; she also discovers that someone is trying to have her killed. The first challenge develops in unexpected ways, and the search for Kinsey's would-be killer is a well-integrated secondary plot. The whole thing is bound up in Grafton's usual competent, easy-to-read writing.

The book's only shortcoming is that it could have been much more than it was. It is essentially two stories coincident in time and both involving Kinsey; no thematic connection between them is evident. While this does not detract from the novel's enjoyability, it leaves some doubt as to why Grafton introduced a second story element rather than elaborating a bit more on the first.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Another Fun Read!
Review: Keep 'em coming, Sue Grafton. Kinsey is my kind of woman. Exciting new adventures and interesting twists and turns! Light enough to give the reader a relaxing sleep, and fun enough to keep him smiling, and always true to life! Kinsey is real!
Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Books One - Three

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Feisty
Review: Sue Grafton's alphbet series introduces us to the feisty independent Kinsey Milhone and the plot and narrative in "G" is a well written hard-to-put-down addition to the series. Kinsey takes on a case that draws her into unexpected puzzling intrigue and line-of-fire danger. You will never be disappointed with a novel from the talented Sue Grafton.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge


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