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Summary: Not the Best in the Alphabet series
Review: Like many of the other reviewers, I've read all of the alphabet series. This installment ended very abruptly and did not seem finished. I was very disappointed in this book. I hope that others who read this as their first Sue Grafton novel will try another before judging the entire series.
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Summary: Love this Story and I love this Author!
Review: You know I disagree with quite a few reviewers before me about this book. I loved it!Apparently, unlike them, I read for content, entertainment and plot. I do not read to find un-dotted i's or un-crossed t's so-to-speak. And I could care less about good or bad editing of a book muchless "unexplained plot threads" I think one reviewer called it. (Geez guys give this talented writer a break!) Who really cares about that kind of stuff? I certainly do not! PI's for Peril is well written and 'A Must Read' romantic mystery in my opinion. The characters are colorful and engaging and the plot make the pages in this story turn themselves, almost. Do yourself a favor 'future readers' but the book and judge this story by talented writer Sue Grafton for yourselves. You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: P for "P U"
Review: The only "peril" in this book was the disappointment at the end. I have read A through O and have enjoyed them and was looking forward to this book. What a disappointment! I would not recommend this book...rather turn the TV on and watch another rerun of "Lavern and Shirley". If refunds are being given, where do I get in line for mine? Let's hope "Q" returns to the quality we expected "P" to be.
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Summary: HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED !!!!
Review: The plot of the story did not unfold basically until the end. I would have put the book down after the first couple of chapters but I wanted to complete it since I spent my money on it and now I want a refund. This was a terrible mystery!!!! actually it was not a mystery it was a very descriptive story big on detail and very wordy no action, drama, or suspense. It was a waste of my time. This was the first book I read by this author and I will not torture myself by reading another one.
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Summary: Two Intriguing Plots Equals One Entertaing Read!
Review: PIs For Perils by entertaining storyteller Sue Grafton is an interesting read that provides a few hours (an easy on the eyes kind've book) of intriguing entertainment offering two plots for the price of one book. Now that my friends is a thrifty idea! (smile) PIs For Peril is a wonderful story that will not disappoint the reader. A satisfying read by a wonderful writer!
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: This was a very disappointing novel from Sue Grafton. In addition to being very wordy (is she paid by the page?), Kinsey Milhone is quite dislikable. She finds fault with nearly everyone she encounters, especially the very young and those responsible for them. Were this Sue Grafton's first in the Kinsey Milhone series, it might never have been published.
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Summary: Skip this one and wait for Q
Review: As a long-time Kinsey Millhone fan--from A to O, I was disappointed by this entry into the series. While Kinsey is an enjoyable heroine and the 80s were the last heyday for traditional private eyes (before cell phones and the internet) the story here was lacking Grafton's great character development. Very few of the characters were appealing and nothing much happens of interest in Kinsey's personal life. The plot is pretty slow going until the end when everything gets solved in an unbelievable rush and in a very unsatifying way. I gave this book three stars since I am still Kinsey fan despite my disappointments in plot and character development. Here's to hoping "Q" will be a return to Grafton's winning formula for Kinsey.
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Summary: Wait a minute--did I miss something?
Review: I always enjoy Grafton's novels and appreciate the way her character develops from book to book. (I especially like the fact that the time frame stays accurate for Kinsey Milhone's age.) This story was just a little different--there was less romance, less action, but it seemed more realistic. The ending is not typical Grafton. You may have to work a little harder to figure it out, but you will appreciate the story all the more for it.
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Summary: Kinsey fans deserve better
Review: Medicare isn't exciting. Not even the word "fraud" can make it exciting. But this is Grafton, so you wade through all of that thinking it has something to do with the mystery. But it doesn't. Other characters come in and out in a revolving door that seems designed to keep the page number climbing. They end up as dead ends and red herrings. Pauline? Nurse Grey? Purcell's partners? Rand? Clint? How do they fit in? I read the book and I still don't know. The ending is a big "Wha...?" and not in thrilling sense. I thought I was missing some pages. Some reviewers here suggest that all will be answered in "Q" but, honestly, this story and these characters aren't compelling enough for one book, so why would any of us want to revisit them? There are other disappointments as well. I'm not opposed to Kinsey exposing weaknesses and vulnerability. I'd like to see a more personal side of her, but here she behaves stupidly not once, but several times -- taken in by losers and posers -- and that's simply not the character Grafton has set us up to accept.
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Summary: P is for Poor
Review: ** Contains spoilers **
Like many other reviewers, I see a number of faults in the book. There are a number of unexplained actions and unresolved plot threads. The person who kills Purcell has probably the least reason of any character to do so. The motivations and actions of Paulie and Leila are unexplained. Did Leila take Purcell's money? If so, what happened to it? Why would Richard's killer throw down his gun, leaving witness Kinsey to report him?
Why would the police not conduct the same easy-and-obvious search at Purcell's wife's home, as they did at his ex-wife's home? Is the reader expected to believe that a passing and casual lesbian relationship would provide motivation to kill your sugar daddy husband? Would Kinsey really take as indisputable truth the speculative newspaper innuendo about the brothers' past? (Surely she knows that what's reported in the papers and what really happened are often quite different.)
Finally, why would Kinsey, having found proof of who committed the murder, walk up to the murderer's home and ask to use the phone to call the cops? There were no other phones in town?
There are a few other bloopers too: an insurance company which lost a suit compelling it to pay a death policy could not file another suit to relitigate the same issues; nor would it be proper to ask the applicant's marital status on a commercial lease application in California.
Further, of the five Spanish words Grafton uses in the book, she manages to get them ALL wrong. The road called "Via Bueno" would be "Via Buena" (no 'í' on street signs), and would mean "Good Road" instead of "Road Good" as Grafton writes. Kinsey reports "I took Spanish in adult education, but I've forgotten everything except 'ola' [hola] and 'buenos dios.'" The phrase is "buenos días," not "buenos dios." Grafton's trying to write the common phrase meaning "good morning," but the phrase she comes out with means something like "good god." Sheesh.
Grafton has not taken a plunge as deep as Tom Clancy has with his most recent book. However, sloppy proofreading and poor fact-checking, along with illogical plot development well below her usual standards, suggest that Grafton is intentionally producing a poor product. This is not "requiring readers to use their imaginations"; it is assuming that readers will accept any type of unfinished ramblings as a book worth reading.
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