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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15461 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-27
• Released on: 2007-11-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780312946203
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
California PI Kinsey Millhone, hired to investigate the disappearance of a client's eccentric, elderly mother, must also evade a vengeful criminal whom she helped put away four years earlier. "Grafton creates . . . a twist in the complex plot to tease Bronte fans, and a new, vulnerable side to the still-sardonic Kinsey," said PW. "The only complaint is that it ends abruptly." Author tour.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Feisty private investigator Kinsey Millhone continues to solve mysteries, in this case finding and taking an elderly woman to a nursing home near her daughter. But the lady mysteriously disappears within hours of her arrival. Painfully aware of the fact that a contract has been arranged for her own murder, Kinsey unravels the events of the past clue by clue, narrating the action-filled story in a realistic, easy-to-read, informal style. Less motivated students are sure to appreciate a character with a respectable, exciting job without having had a college education; although Kinsey had police training, her bodyguard freely admits he left high school but later took an equivalency test. This light mystery maintains interest to the end; everything happens quickly. --Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
Kinsey Milhone is a thirty-three-year-old self-employed, twice-divorced private investigator - a witty, philosophical woman who wears jeans and tennis shoes and cuts her own hair every six weeks with a nail scissors: "If I were asked to rate my looks on a scale of one to ten, I wouldn't. I have to say, however, that I seldom wear makeup, so whatever I look like first thing in the morning at least remains consistent as the day wears on." As "G" is for Gumshoe opens, Kinsey is hired for what appears to be a simple case: to find Agnes Gray, Irene Gersh's missing mother. Shortly thereafter, a friendly district attorney warns Kinsey there is a contract out on her life because of her involvement in another case, and suggests she hire Robert Dietz, a burned out private investigator, for protection. Within a few pages, Sue Grafton presents multiple plot lines which she masterfully weaves together with tantalizing clues, fast action, and upbeat dialogue. Mrs. Gray is pursued, found, lost, found, and dies while dropping clues as secretive as her nature about a crime committed in 1940. The situation with the hit man turns out to be more complicated than anticipated; so, too, is Kinsey's relationships with Robert Dietz, and the pace flies as Kinsey finds her answers and the hit man finds her. Kinsey is sharp and womanly, and her cases are thought-provoking and full of excitement. When Kinsey signs off the novel with her characteristic "Respectfully submitted," it is like leaving a much-loved friend at the end of a delicious afternoon. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Vickie Sears

Customer Reviews

G is for Godawful
This is one of the few Kinsey Millhone mysteries that I found extremely boring. It rambled on and on and on with no real plot or case for Kinsey to solve. It had some intrigue with the hit man and Deitz but some how Grafton was not able to pull it together into a comprehensive tale. All in all it was a real let down.

G is for Good, but not as great as the usual Grafton book
Kinsey gets herself into two stories, intertwined, but not really related. I kept wanting the two plotlines to link up into a single story, but this never happened. There were several things about the book that were lacking. First, I never understood how the hitman got ahead of Kinsey in her trip down to the Salton Sea. I mean, come on, how could he anticipate which rest stop she would use? The killer seemed to have passed up several opportunities to get her, which also didn't make sense. And the Dietz character also didn't make sense. Yea, right, he decided to be her free bodyguard, then without much todo, he leaves at the end. The story was well written, however, and the connection to the 19th century sisters was well thought out. I hate to give Sue Grafton anything less than 4 stars, but this was the most dissappointing of the series so far (A-G).

Awesome
This was the best of her books yet. Altough I have only read a few, I have decided this on is by far the best! Kinsey is to nosy for her own good sometimes, but the hired "hit-man" does a good job of staying a secret