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Title: K Is for Killer by Sue Grafton ISBN: 0-449-22150-4 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.35 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book
Comment: In the town of Santa Teresa, California, homicides are not a rare occurrence. However, this one involves a young woman, Lorna Kepler, who has been dead for 10 months. Janice, Lorna's mother, called on the services of a private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. Kinsey is hired to look into Lorna's death. Lorna was found two weeks after she died, in her isolated cabin. Janice believes it was murder. There were no signs of any violence or indication that there was a murder, so the police concluded the Lorna died of natural causes. (...) This book ends with the exposure of Lorna's killer, but it leaves a lot of unanswered questions. Sue Grafton is a wonderful writer, but this book could have been better if she had resolved the unanswered questions.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nothing outrageously bad but nothing great either
Comment: I have read one or two books in the Kinsey Millone series previously and have found them to be enjoyable, easy reads that, generally, provide interesting plots, etc. This book was, however, a disappointment.
Kinsey is hired by a grieving mother to investigate the death of her daughter some months previously. In the eyes of the police, the case has turned cold, yet Kinsey begins to discover that the dead girl led a rather complex life which may well have resulted in her death. Without revealing too much about the plot, the premise is interesting enough and Kinsey's investigations lead to a lengthy list of suspects. However, the ending of the book is a complete anti-climax - the killer is discovered almost by fluke and there is no consideration of motive, method or anything else which a crime fiction reader expects to see.
Grafton spends page after page developing a rather interesting plot only to let it fall apart completely at the end. Sadly, given the ending, the reader is left thinking "So what?" and disappointed at the effort expended in reading all of the preliminaries with no result.
Readers of this series may find the book enjoyable enough. I have to confess that I do not read these in order and therefore, cannot comment on the development of Kinsey Millone as a character. Newcomers to the series may just want to leave this one on the shelf. Overall, a disappointment.
Rating: 3
Summary: Huh?
Comment: I've always enjoyed this series of mysteries and have read about 6 of them. I don't expect great literature, but a decent mystery, and because I'm female, I enjoy the writing more than I would a very male-oriented mystery, and it's more down-to-earth. Anyway, I found this book fairly enjoyable and engrossing until the last chapter or so. It seemed like Grafton couldn't figure out how to end the book or was using this book as a tryout for some angle or intellectual pretense she was toying with. I think that idea, if that was her incentive for this story, is disappointing her reader who probably is used to, and wants, just a good satisfying mystery. I couldn't even really figure out what was happening in the end nor what did, nor why. I had to read the ending about three times and still wasn't sure. Actually, I figured out a little more from reading some of these reviews, so that helps, but I would definitely not rank this book towards the top of the Kinsey Milhone series, but towards the bottom.
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Title: L Is for Lawless by Sue Grafton ISBN: 0449221490 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 31 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: M Is for Malice by Sue Grafton ISBN: 0449223604 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 26 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: I Is for Innocent by Sue Grafton ISBN: 0449221512 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 22 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: N Is for Noose by Sue Grafton ISBN: 0449223612 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 29 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: H Is for Homicide by Sue Grafton ISBN: 0449219461 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 22 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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