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Summary: Exciting, Scary, Excellent
Review: The book is really interesting. It's exciting and scary. The author has a way of making it an interesting book to the reader. She wants the reader to keep on reading with a lot of suspense. I would recommend this book to a reader who likes mystery books
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Summary: Save your Money
Review: The negative comments here are all valid. I just finished reading this book and feel really let down, especially by the ending. Grafton knows her alphabet, and that's about all she knows. Be warned, it's not worth the effort.
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Summary: Unanswered Questions
Review: The story begins with Lorna's mother seeking professional help in the investigation of her daughter's death. Throughout the novel, Lorna is depicted as a beautiful loner who couldn't resist flirting with danger. Maybe a possible cause of her death. As the plot progresses more and more questions are raised in regards to her death. While the cops suspected homicide, they could find neither motive nor suspect. Worse yet, was the circumstances in which the body was found: so badly decomposed that it couldn't be certain she hadn't died of natural causes. Overall, this novel offers a dark and complex story in respect to the matters that it involves. I must say that the book misleads the reader into believing answers will be provided at the end. Grafton, not only leaves unanswered questions that surfaced as the novel progressed, but she leaves new questions floating around in the last couple of pages. So if anyone is interested in reading and providing their own conclusions then this may be the perfect book for you!
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Summary: A good story and worth reading, but has many flaws
Review: The stregnth of this particular story was the level of realism Grafton displayed. None of the characters were typecasts. Even the toughie, teen prostitute, Danielle was better written than most characters of this type. In the first scene she was introduced, she spoke in a jabbing, staccato, almost Bronx like manner -- I kept thinking, this in Southern California? In later scenes her dialog was clean and the street language was obviously an act, and likely a survival trait. Also, what I find admirable in Grafton's narrative voice, coming in the first person of Grafton's detective character Kinsey is the character's sense of detachment from the people she investigates. Kinsey characterizes them with near objective precision. When the novel becomes unraveled is when Grafton throws in thriller elements into the story that do not belong in it. Kinsey is briefly kidnapped by Mafiasos. Unnecessary. Kinsey becomes emotionally unglued by the gratutious murder of someone close to her near the end. There is a revenge element at the end that is inexplicable from what has gone before, and the act of revenge is weird and out of character. All of these formula elements distract from an otherwise elegantly crafted story. Except for two complaints, the writing is wonderful to read -- very fluid and professional. There is a tendency to dwell on insignificant details in describing homes, roads, yards and teeth, and there is an excessive use of the word 'foyer'. This later tendency was especially distracting because I always knew when the word was coming, and it instead of it's synonyms, 'lobby' or 'entrance' came many, many times.
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Summary: An example of how good mysteries can be.
Review: This book shows Kinsey at her smart, tough best, and throws in sensitivity and introspection. The characters are well-developed. The 'night world' that Kinsey explores is almost a character in itself. Only a too-quick resolution keeps this from 5 stars.
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Summary: A decent read - but what happened to the ending???
Review: This is my first Grafton book in her series - It was an entertaining and easy read (although a few too many characters to keep straight) but it ended with me wondering if I had missed something! After following the entire story I wanted to know more. I thought there were a lot of loose ends......
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Summary: Interesting but open-ended
Review: This is my first time reading a book by this author. I enjoyed the book and will read another book by this author but I was disapointed in the ending. I felt that the ending was left with some loose ends and didn't give me a satisfactory understanding of the story or bring everything together. The basis of the story was a private investigator hired by the victim's mother to help track down the killer almost one year after the murder. The PI comes across a wealth of clues and there are multiple ties to other characters. It was a book that was easy to read but too open-ended.
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Summary: Dark but good
Review: This is one of the darkest in the series, although that is a relative term because Kinsey Milhone's sharp wit adds a spice of humor to almost anything. It begins with an unsparing description of a mother's grief over a murdered daughter and then Kinsey uncovers some apalling things about the dead girl's life and family. The clues to the killer's identity come abruptly at the end and the killer's motives are not completely convincing. The most compelling part of the book is the psychological study of Lorna's family. We learn a lot about water treatment plants.
Those who want an intriguing traditional puzzle plot with "why-didn't-I-think-of-that" clues planted early on should try B is for Burglar.
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Summary: A very interesting read....
Review: This is the first book I have read from the author Sue Grafton. I liked Kinsey Millhone,it amazed me how she got by on so little sleep,this lady seemed to enjoy her work alot. I thought the ending was a bit rushed,and I felt that the author should have added more. But otherwise the plot was interesting and kept me wanting to find out what was going to happen next. All and all a pretty good read.
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Summary: Not Sure about Grafton
Review: This is the first book that I have read by Sue Grafton and was somewhat disappointed. I really like character Kinsey Millhone and will attempt another novel. The beginning of K for Killer was really slow! Once you reached three quarters of the book there was much more action and suspense. I never guessed who the killer was which is refreshing but the lose ends left you wondering what the motive was for the killing. The book was okay but not great.
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