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Fiction Hard-Boiled Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Women SleuthsThis book is the 2nd in the Alphabet series by Sue Grafton. I enjoyed this 2nd book more than the 1st book. You can't help but love PI Kinsey. The way Author Grafton introduces and describes the characters is amazing. We ALL know someone like these characters. This book was written in 1985. Being an 80's baby, I love the 80's nostalgia in this book. As I read the 80's nostalgia made me smile thinking and remembering those...
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Great book. Really had me guessing until the end.
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This series is wonderful. I just started it, going from A up. I really enjoyed this one as I happen to live in Boca Raton and know right where the Jacobsons is :) .Kinsey was hired to find wealthy Elaine Boldt, the flashy widow was last seen wearing a lynx coat, leaving her condo in Santa Teresa for her condo in Boca Raton. But somewhere in between, she simply vanished in thin air. Kinsey's case goes from puzzling to baleful...
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Having read every Grafton several times, I still find this the one with the most solid and intriguing plot. It reminds of the Sherlock Holmes type of plot, such as "The Redheaded League" that begins with a mystifying situation rather than a murder. The puzzle is to explain it. The mystery deepens and deepens and then the solution explodes and you go back and look at the clues and say "Why didn't I think of that?"
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So far, I've read up to "D is for Deadbeat" in this series of mystery novels, and as far as the the early books go, I think this is the best one. Grafton's writing style is so matter of fact that the filler parts kind of get boring in her other books, but this one is filled with plot twists and enthralling characters that keep the pages moving fast. A lady turns up missing and Kinsey Millhone is hired to find her. But what...
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