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Summary: Another great read
Review: I first became aquainted with Sue Grafton's books in 1995 with "L is for Lawless", I believe. Got hooked and went back to "A". It's interesting to see how her detective, Kinsey Millhone, has developed over the years.I believe Sue is keeping her placed in the 80's before cell phones, DNA, computers, etc. I love the continuing lines about her landlord, Henry, the VW she drives, her one black dress. I cannot make a peanut butter and pickle sandwich, tho. I enjoyed this book because it is based on a true story. That the victim is still not identified does not take anything from the story. Kinsey's detective friends are funny and I was tickled at her lesson in ironing a shirt that she gave one. That's the way I iron a shirt! The fast food binges made me hungry. I wrote to Sue many years ago. She and Kinsey send a Christmas card each year and I get an advance notice about new books coming out and where Sue will be signing them. She always sends a token gift. For "M is for Malice" it was a key chain with the letter M encased in plastic attached. For another letter it was a letter opener and one letter had a little first-aid kit to carry in your purse. I believe this shows an author who appreciates her readers. I appreciate her work.
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Summary: A good story.....but,
Review: I think every other reviewer hit the nail right on the head with their reviews, and probably said it better than I could. The story was interesting, but lacked any real suspense until the last 5-10 pages.Investigative procedure is interesting but only to a certain point.
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Summary: In the end, a suspenseful tale worth reading
Review: I have read almost all of Grafton's alphabet novels. I was worried that it took me so long to get hooked -- I was some 120 pages into it before I felt the plot really took off -- but the suspense definitely builds in the second half, and the somewhat plodding character development that dominates the first half of the book finally pays off. A worthwhile read -- just stick with it.
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Summary: Description
Review: This book took me 4 days to plough through. Of over 380 pages don't think there was dialogue on 200. I felt it was a history of a lot of small towns in southern California and certainly didn't need the information about all the bars and restaurants.The same goes for the description of the characters, i.e. facial hair, etc as well as clothing and the conditons in their living quarters. The story line was weak and certainly not of the caliber of previous books. A disappointment.
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Summary: Where Fact and Fiction Meet
Review: Sue Grafton has taken an unsolved murder from decades ago and used it as a basis for her latest alphabet mystery. Q deserves its place of honor in the Grafton alphabet. It is a terrific mystery with a complicated plot and the excellent characterizations readers have grown to expect from this writer. Q IS FOR QUARRY is a amazing accomplishment and I hope it helps solve the actual unsolved murder at its base.
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Summary: This Should be B as in Boring
Review: Q doesn't stand for Quarry - it stands for Qualms, which you should have seriously if you consider buying this book. I though P was on the downhill slope and Q is Quickly running amok in a Quagmire of dull characters with Quaint traits and Questionnable suspense.
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Summary: Kinsey Millhone investigates an unsolved murder.
Review: "Q is for Quarry" is the latest Sue Grafton alphabet mystery. Having read all of the previous sixteen novels in this series, I am pleased to report that "Quarry" is up there with Grafton's best. It is witty, fast-paced and suspenseful, with a look into Kinsey's past that sheds light on her solitude and her quirky personality. Kinsey Millhone, for those of you who are new to Sue Grafton, is a private investigator based in the fictional town of Santa Teresa, California. She is thirty-seven, has had two brief failed marriages, and aside from work, her life consists mostly of jogging, eating fast food and socializing with her elderly landlord, Henry. One day, Lieutenant Con Dolan, of the Santa Teresa Police Department, Homicide Division, offers Kinsey a job. Dolan is currently on medical disability. He has had two heart attacks and he is angling for a third, being a chain smoker and a heavy drinker. Con's friend, Stacey Oliphant, is a seventy-three year old retiree from the Sheriff's Department. Stacey has been a cancer patient for years, and he has begun to lose hope that he will ever recover. To rekindle Stacey's interest in life, Dolan decides to investigate a cold case from 1969, eighteen years earlier, on which Stacey was one of the investigating officers. A young girl, who was never identified, was stabbed and dumped in a quarry. No one was ever apprehended for the crime. Dolan convinces Kinsey to help him and Stacey reopen the case and see what turns up. Kinsey is intrigued and what follows is a complex and thorough investigation, during which Dolan, Oliphant and Kinsey find out that people in small towns sometimes hide deadly secrets. Grafton develops her characters very well in "Quarry". Dolan and Oliphant are a delightfully cranky pair, and Kinsey is in fine investigative form. The mystery is fairly straightforward, but the trail that leads to the solution is twisted indeed. "Q is for Quarry" is a satisfying novel, with Grafton's trademark humor and wit adding some welcome lightness to a dark tale of murder and treachery.
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Summary: Q is Quit Reading NOW
Review: I tried, I really tried to enjoy this book. I am very glad that I did not rush out and spend my money on the hardback book, I had it reserved at the library. The story based on a real life unsolved murder had the potential to grab your attention, but with the slow paced, overly detailed, boring story Grafton turned it into I was sadly dissapointed. "P" is for Peril was not up to standards either, so I'm hoping the next book in the series can get back on track.
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Summary: Is Kinsey losing her spark?
Review: Is it my imagination or is Kinsey losing her spark? Everyone she connected with in this story, every place she visited, the storyline -- was gray, gray, gray. I missed her witty asides and sardonic musings. It's like the vibrant, funny Kinsey disappeared and was replaced by a character who's just dragging herself from page to page before she thankfully, painfully gets to the end of the story. I expect the next book to find her in a nursing home room exchanging reminiscenses with her two colorless and uninteresting buddies in this lackluster story. And what's with the description of every hole in the wall she goes to -- was the author running out of enough action to propel the story and had to do something to come up with the requisite 50,000 or so words? I'm worried about what's going to happen to the aging Kinsey. She seems to be running out of steam. I'll keep checking on her as the series progresses because I've been hanging in there since the beginning; I just hope the author takes Kinsey's pulse and puts her on some vitamins for the next go-round.
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Summary: Wake me when we're up to R
Review: Well hey of course I'm a Sue Grafton/Kinsey fan but c'mon....Q wasn't exactly a page turner. The story was more than a bit flat if it wasn't based on a true case it would be well boring comes to mind. I wasn't sure if I was reading a murder mystery or a menu there were so many references to fast food? Poor Jane Doe, by the end I had lost interest in not only her but her killer as well. Let's hope Sue can rekindle the magic or else Kinsey is in danger of becoming a cream puff.
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