M Is for Malice: A Kinsey Millhone Novel

Love her books and Judy Kaye is an awesome narrator - she really fits the main character at least in my mind she does.

I've been reading all of this series in order. I wasn't sure that I would like them after reading the first one. I did not particularly like the way it ended so abruptly and I would have liked to have had the mystery wrapped up in a better fashion. I have felt that way about several of these as I often feel that I have unanswered questions in the end as to the whys of what happened. As I have progressed in reading the series, I have thoroughly enjoyed Kinsey and her stories and can't wait to start the next book as each one ends, even if I haven't quite figured it all out(usually I do, but would still like to have more explanations and answers). This particular one was a little different as I thoroughly "got it" (although I never suspected the outcome)and the story was quite interesting.

M is for Malice by Sue Grafton comes from a series of books for each letter of the alphabet, and this is the 13th book of the series. The book is adult fiction about a private eye named Kinsey Millhone, who was hired by a rich family to find the their brother. He was kicked out of the house 18 years earlier, and is now wanted back to discuss his fathers will. When the brother named Guy gets home he is murdered and everyone in the house is a suspect. I was shocked when I found out who was the murderer of Guy was. As a student I thought that is was easy to read, and I would recommend the book to teenagers and adults. If you enjoy reading books that will keep you in suspense and you like to guess what might happen next, you should read this book. M is for Malice is a book I never wanted to put down, and just wanted to keep reading. I think that this book is a great book to read, and you don't have to read the rest of the series to understand it, which I think, is great.

This book seems to be all about the possible pitfalls of catching up with relatives you haven't met before, or see for years. At the same time that Kinsey Millhone finally begins catching up with her long-lost Howard cousins, Robert Dietz drifts back into her life - and she is hired for case to find a family's long-lost brother.It is through her new found cousin, Tasha, a lawyer, that she is bought into a case to find a Guy Malek - tearaway, drug addict and all-round fraudster who has been missing for 18 years. He has to be traced as he is mentioned in his father's will and Kinsey is brought in to help the three remaining Malek brothers track him down to settle the will. Its a straight-forward case and it hardly takes her a chapter to do - but all is not well in the Malek household. There is bitterness there that dates back to well before Guy left - and it all seems to be centred on Guy . However Kinsey seems to think that Guy really is a changed person. So when a murder is committed in the Malek household only a few nights after his return Kinsey must return to find out what happened within those walls. There is unhappiness, malice and old crimes which must be solved before the perpetrator of this latest murder can be brought to justice. This is another story of Loyalty which reminds of C is for Corpse - where she is investigating for love as well as for money.Sue Grafton cleverly (I think) dovetails Kinsey's life and issues with those of her new cousins, and the case she is trying to address. The return of her Dietz into her life and the conflict of emotions she feels in herself for Guy Malek, the man she was hired to find, and also her relationship - or lack of it, with Jonah Robb who is now Lieutenant, made this quite sad for me. In each book we are given further tantalising flashes of Kinsey's personal life.I found the mystery quite complex, there were quite a number of leads to follow - some of which ended in dead ends. One thing I found a little hard to take was the supernatural aspect of it but it only intruded a little into the book. I think this is the best Kinsey Millhone mystery so far.

Well, Sue Grafton has done it again! Another great book in her A-Z series! Kinsey tracks done a missing person, Guy Malek, after he has been gone for 18 years. His family is not happy to share their inheritance with him and then Guy winds up dead. Who is the murderer? All of the family members have a motive. Kinsey feels responsible for his death because she is the one who found him and she won't stop until the murder is solved. The end of this book has an unexpected twist that I will not give away. You'll have to read it to find out.