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MYSTERY & DETECTIVE
'A' IS FOR ALIBIby Sue Grafton
Agreeable heroine (only her running is a bore), fine dialogue, a great eye for people and places—so we're looking forward to... Full review >
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'L' IS FOR LAWLESSby Sue Grafton
Minor work for Kinsey ("K'' is for Killer, 1994, etc.), who appears in just about every role imaginablecheerleader, traffic... Full review >
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'P' IS FOR PERILby Sue Grafton
After twenty years updating the private-eye tradition, Grafton shows she can spin a classic yarn with all the breadth of her... Full review >
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'Q' IS FOR QUARRYby Sue Grafton
Despite a bumper crop of Q’s, the late-arriving whodunit is tangled and routine, and Kinsey’s latest inconclusive flirtation... Full review >
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'R' IS FOR RICOCHETby Sue Grafton
No more mystery than Q Is for Quarry (2002). But Kinsey’s frantic attempts to keep her balance on the tightrope between a... Full review >
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'S' IS FOR SILENCEby Sue Grafton
Score another triumph for Kinsey. Grafton brings every corner of Serena Station, past and present, more deeply alive than... Full review >
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'T' IS FOR TRESPASSby Sue Grafton
Each of Kinsey’s cases stretches the private-eye formula in new ways. Her 20th, which reads like vintage Ruth Rendell, will... Full review >
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'U' IS FOR UNDERTOWby Sue Grafton
Short on mystery, but rewardingly sensitive in teasing out the shock waves that reached from the Summer of Love to the heart... Full review >
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'V' IS FOR VENGEANCEby Sue Grafton
As always, Grafton is as original, absorbing and humane as ever. The joints just creak a bit this time. Full review >
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