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Summary: Time to play catch up.
Review: It's been years since I have read anything by Sue Grafton. I was in a book store when I noticed she was so far into the alphabet! I decided it was time to catch up and saw this compliation of her stories.I am starting from the very begining of the alphabet all over again to refresh my memory! While the novels do not need to be read in order, I get a better feeling of our heroine! And once again, I am enjoying the books more than ever! Can't wait to get all caught up again!
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Summary: Grafton Does It Again!
Review: Kinsey Milhone is funny and real. I love the way Sue Grafton shows her sense of humor through her heroine. Kinsey's no nonsense approach to life and her thoughts about the way things are and the way they should be are often so true that I find myself laughing out loud. Her haphazard lifestyle makes me both admire her and want to mother her. I agree with other reviewers who said that it isn't so much the mysteries that attract me to Grafton's books, but the people in them. I find myself caring about them as much as Kinsey does. I enjoy reading these books on weekends when I just want to relax with something entertaining and uncomplicated. They don't rival Ludlum for suspense and intrigue, but I love 'em--bring 'em on Sue!
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Summary: I'm on a quest....
Review: My first introduction to Kinsey Milhone was 'Q'is for quarry. I liked her instantly. She's cheeky...smart...and about as 'normal' as a character can get. I read 'N' and then 'R' and decided I was doing this all wrong. I like the way one book leads to the next so I'm on a quest that started with 'ABC' and I'm going as far as Sue takes me. I know it's going to be a heck of a ride.
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Summary: Realistic and Daring!
Review: Sue Grafton created a very "normal" PI when she crafted Kinsey Milhone's profile - a 30 year old lone, independent, no frills female PI in 1980s southern California operating a one-woman show. Kinsey appeals to readers from various eras and backgrounds. As Grafton develops this character the reader becomes amazed by Kinsey's comical life style, absorbed in the story and eager to read the next adventure. ~ A quick read ~ entertaining ~~~~ In person Grafton is a very "real" individual who, now on "N is for N? ", plans to stop after "Z is for Z? "
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Summary: What suspense!
Review: Sue Grafton is an excellent writer! This was my first book of hers and I was glad to have the three in one. As soon as I finished one, I could go right on to the next, through to the end of the book. I'm ready to go on to the next one, but I have to get it first! Grafton keeps readers thinking along with Kinsey, which I think is fun.
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Summary: Nasty, crass, crude, rude, and tasteless
Review: Sue Grafton lacks taste and tact. She is as crass as any merchant marine. Her language is distasteful and offending. Her unnecessary scene details and followups both offend and affront. I will not purchase another of her books.
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Summary: Nasty, crass, crude, rude, and tasteless
Review: Sue Grafton lacks taste and tact. She is as crass as any merchant marine. Her language is distasteful and offending. Her unnecessary scene details and followups both offend and affront. I will not purchase another of her books.
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Summary: Superb Intro to a Great Series
Review: This book combines three of the best of the alphabet series in a single volume. Better yet, the stories form a reasonably coherent trilogy, with recurring themes of Kinsey's rise and fall at California Fidelity, significant changes in landlord Henry Pitt's life, and Kinsey's own crisis of confidence. I can't say that "H," "I," and "J" wouldn't have made an equally good trilogy, but this is a good combo. If, by any chance, you've not previously encountered Grafton or her heroine, Kinsey Millhone, this book should also be a great introduction. More than many fiction genres, mystery is a "writer's" genre-i.e., one that prizes well-drawn prose that brings settings and characters vividly to life. Partly that's because the field has a tradition of using mystery as an excuse for exploring unique cultures or settings (witness the success of Tony Hillerman's Navajo books, or Dick Francis's numerous forays into British horseracing). But also, it's easy to bury clues in the details of culture watching or the quirks of characters who may or may not be suspects. Sue Grafton is one of the best of these writers currently active in the field-and these are three of her best books.
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Summary: Great bargain
Review: This is a hardcover with three complete novels for less than... It's intriguing to read them consecutively and piece together the Milhone story - rather like reading Proust or Anthony Powell. All the alphabet stories are set within quite a short time-spand. The action in D is for Deadbeat begins in October of the year of C is for Corpse. E is for Evidence, in which her apartment is destroyed, takes place over Christmas of that year, and she moves to another coastal town in F is for Fugitive, while the apartment is fixed. E is for Evidence has a lot of her back story. Her second husband turns up in it. (Husband number one will turn up, sort of, in O is for Outlaw - I can't remember which is the one where she meets cousins). The California Fidelity connection is strong in E is for Evidence and the relationship with Henry Pitt intensifies poignantly at the end of F is for Fugitive.
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Summary: What suspense!
Review: This is the first time I've read anything by Sue Grafton. I see Grafton progressing as a writer. I bought this book no knowing anything about the writer and her A to Q mysteries. I found the first novel - A Is for Alibi a good attempt. I did begin to see Kinsey Millhone as a real person however. Her second novel - B is for Burgler was much, much better. Though she integrated some of the information from A into this novel, it could still be read as a stand alone novel without the reader losing any of the content of the book. C Is for Corpse wasn't as well written, but still a good effort. I plan on reading D through Q, just because I've grown to want to know what lies in store for Kinsey.
Makes me wish I could visit some of Kinsey's regular haunts, like Rosie's, to see the places in person. Grafton makes these places seem so real I can actually picture them as if I'm there. I hope all subsequent novels in the series gives more insight into Kinsey and what she's like and what makes her tick!
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