K Is for Killer

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Summary: I liked this Grafton book quite a bit...
Review: I liked this Grafton book quite a bit. I have only been reading her books for a year or two, because I'm only 12, but this is easyly one of my favories, because the story was so interesting, and, for once, her case gets her to feel something for some of the other people. And the charactures she creates are really interesting also. I would definetly recomend this book to ANYONE who likes mysterys, with a twist.

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Summary: Disapointing ending - not up to Grafton's standards
Review: I love Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone - and I enjoyed this book right up to the end - but the end left lots of unanswered questions and loose ends. The killer of the first murder victim was identified (and the fate of the killer was indicated), but what was the motive? There were two distinct different possibilities. Also, the reader might reasonably think that this killer was also responsible for the second murder (although that was never revealed), but what about the third attack and resulting death? There was no explanation, or motive given - and no indication that the same killer was responsible. Grafton is a great writer - if she had just written 4 or 5 more pages to resolve the unanswered questions, it could have been a good book instead of a very disapointing one.

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Summary: My favorite of the series
Review: I thought this novel took Kinsey in an interesting, darker directions than the other novels. The mystery was also very compelling. It was a nice change in the usually light-hearted series.

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Summary: Huh?
Review: 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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Summary: Uncharacteristically boring plot ... slow reading
Review: I've enjoyed all the books in Grafton's series up until reading this book. The plot was slow and it took quite an effort to get past the first few chapters. There were too many characters and the ending didn't really make much sense. It was almost as if Grafton was in a rush to come up with a killer. It was quite a disappointment.

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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: 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.

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Summary: What was that?
Review: It took a lot of talk and time to finally get the plot of this story going only to end with no answers. I wish I hadn't wasted my time on this one. Skip it, if you can. Hopefully, L has a good ending and we want Dietz back!!!

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Summary: Say what?
Review: It was enjoyable up to the point where out of the blue, Kinsey figured out who the killer was. I still don't understand what the killer's motivation was, or how Kinsey came to the conclusion. Like another reader, I thought maybe I had missed a chapter, but no.

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Summary: A dark comedy, witty, fast paced, a real page turner.
Review: Kinsey finds herself taking a new case- the death of a beautiful, young woaman named Lorna Kepler. The death occurred almost a year before her mother asks for Kinseys' assistance, and the "trail" is certainly not hot, but she offers to take a look around. The mother hands Kinsey a video, believing it has something to do with her daughter death. The movie is "pure smut" as the mother describes it. She travels to many places to uncover the truth, and when the truth finally is revealed, it makes some unexpected truths.

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Summary: A little different from the others
Review: Kinsey is off on a 10 month old murder case. Sue Grafton just keeps getting better and better each book she writes. Kinsey is investigating the dark side of life this time and it has a real affect on her.