X (A Kinsey Millhone Novel)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385393911 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 101 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ms. She has also won three Shamus Awards, three Anthony Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bouchercon, and the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. Her awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger and the Edgar Grand Master Award. She lives in Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky. Grafton is a writer who consistently breaks the bonds of genre while never writing the same book twice. Sue Grafton first introduced Kinsey Millhone in the Alphabet Series in 1982 a
Back to the Era of Shoulder Pads and Big Hair Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone keeps a set of blank index cards handy to make notes about people and places pertinent to the case. Readers of X may want to do something similar because there is a cast of thousands.As a longtime Sue Grafton reader, I enjoyed X very much. I think I read my first Kinsey Millhone book around 1989. X is long at over Back to the Era of Shoulder Pads and Big Hair takingadayoff Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone keeps a set of blank index cards handy to make notes about people and places pertinent to the case. Readers of X may want to do something similar because there is a cast of thousands.As a longtime Sue Grafton reader, I enjoyed X very much. I think I read my first Kinsey Millhone book around 1989. X is long at over 400 pages (her earliest mysteries were about 250 pages in hardcover), and shows evidence of padding, such as step-by-step descriptions of. 00 pages (her earliest mysteries were about 250 pages in hardcover), and shows evidence of padding, such as step-by-step descriptions of. Disappointed Serenity X is very different from her other books and I was very disappointed. I could not keep track of the story lines and had to back up and re-read to refresh my memory of the various plots. The dialogue and descriptions were lengthy and busy - just seemed to ramble. Not like the rest of her series.. Bring Back the Real Kinsey Please! I have also read all of the Kinsey books. I am sorry to say that I don't think this one is nearly as good as the others. I found myself checking the dustjacketseveral times to make sure that it wasn't some Chinese knockoff. The writing doesn't sound like Sue Grafton's and Kinsey doesn't sound like Kinsey.Sue Grafton has always been a little overly descriptive when it comes to driving. I don't think I've ever enjoyed reading about the streets she takes to get wherever she's going. Until
Scott Coffman, Louisville "Courier-Journal" Just beneath the extroverted mask she presents at bookstore appearances is the deeply contemplative writer still determined to stretch her chops and chart territory that removes any semblance of a comfort zone. Grafton continues to knock them out of the park. Sarah Weinman, "Los Angeles Times"" . Praise for Sue Grafton "Lesser authors churn out books. Grafton continues to knock them out of the park." --Scott Coffman, Louisville "Courier-Journal" "Just beneath the extroverted mask she presents at bookstore appearances is the deeply contemplative writer still determined to stretch her chops and chart territory that removes any semblance of a comfort zone." --Sarah Weinman, "Los Angeles Times"Praise for Sue Grafton Lesser authors churn out books
The test is whether Kinsey can prove her case against him before she becomes his next victim.. Of #1 New York Times–bestselling author Sue Grafton, NPR’s Maureen Corrigan said, “Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.” With only two letters left, Grafton’s many devoted readers will share that sentiment.X: The number ten. A cross. A mistake. Notoriously tricky to pronounce: think xylophone.X: The twenty-fourth letter in the English alphabet.Sue Grafton’s X: Perhaps her darkest and most chilling novel, it features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. An unknown quantity. Derived from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. The most graphically dramatic letter. A kiss.X: The shortest entry in Webster’s Unabridged. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this sociopath