U is For Undertow: A Kinsey Millhone Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (643 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 044901004X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 151 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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She's younger, thinner, and braver than I, but a good companion nonetheless. Beyond that, the prime agreement between us is that I don't tell her, she tells me. If I haven't done a morning walk, I walk when my work is done. In either case, by the time reviews appear, the book is written and out on the stands. Parker and Sue Grafton: Author One-on-One In this exclusive, we brought together blockbuster authors Robert B. When the work is not going well which is maybe thirty-five percent of the time I know it's my job to sit patiently and keep at it until I figure out what's wrong. I've studied police procedure, private eye procedure, toxicology, ballistics, and crime scene investigation.
He wants Kinsey’s help in locating the grave and finding the men. In essence, he’s the boy who cried wolf. Sutton now believes he stumbled on her lonely burial and could identify the killers if he saw them again. Michael Sutton is twenty-seven, an unemployed college dropout. Gradually, listeners come to see how everything connects in this twisting, complex, surprise-filled thriller. It’s April 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone’s thirty-eighth birthday, and she’s alone in her office catching up on paperwork when a young man arrives unannounced. Is his story true, or simply one more in a long line of fabrications?Moving effortlessly between the 1980s and the 1960s, and changing points of view as Kinsey pursues w
one of Grafton's best Carla Schroder All of the Kinsey Millhone novels are good. Sue Grafton has maintained an unmatched level of quality throughout this entire series. I don't think she gets enough credit for this. In contrast, Marcia Muller's recent Sharon McCone stories have gone off the rails a bit. Bill Pronzini, my other fave private eye novelist, also seems to be getting a little tired. Grafton just keeps on chugging through the alphabet, releasing good fresh Kinsey stories. Writing novels is hard work, and writing a series of this length so well is unprecedented.In U is For Undertow she skilfully weaves past and present, draws . A book with 8,745 characters Ouija Don't get me wrong. I really enjoyed this installment. But as she did with a few books preceding this, Ms. Grafton has taken to interspersing several different characters' viewpoints to move the plot along. The premise of the book was intriguing, so I stuck with itbut manyou need a PowerPoint chart to keep track of all the characters. Especially when you're reading it on Kindleyou can't just flip back and say "Ohhhh that's who that guy is!" Anyway, the plot is quite interesting and Kinsey is Kinsey, so that's good. The only loose end for me was POSSIBLE SPOILER the buried dog was never explained to . "U is forUnsatisfying" according to La Boheme. It was a great readuntil about the middle. There is a chronological error I believe--could you really order a McDonald's burger with tomato and lettuce in 1967? I don't think so. Since the location of the initial "dig" in relation to the various homes in Horton Ravine is so significant, it would have been helpful to have a map with the names of the streets and the locations of the homes. The author describes all Kinsey's travels in almost too much detail. And thenthe ending was justlimp. Almost like it was time for the book to end, so let's just wrap it up.But I'm not giving up on Kinseyon to V is f