Customer Reviews

Three Complete Novels: "G" Is for Gumshoe, "H" Is for Homicide, and "I" Is for Innocent

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I've been buying the Kinsey Milhone series as they have been published as 3-in-one hardbacks since last year when I finally discovered these fun little mystery books. I now wish I had discovered them years ago. These Kinsey Milhone mysteries,and Sue Graftons writing style have matured as the series progresses.

These books are easy reads - not terribly deep but they don't pretend to be anything but that either. I also recomend Janet Evonovich's Stephanie Plum series for readers who are fans of Grafton heroine Kinsey Milhone. Although Evanovich's heroine "Stephanie plum" is somewhat more of a "character" and the situations are far more unbelievable (intentionally so), the books are just as much fun.

This book combines three of the best of the alphabet series in a single volume. Better yet, the stories form a reasonably coherent trilogy, with recurring themes of Kinsey's rise and fall at California Fidelity, significant changes in landlord Henry Pitt's life, and Kinsey's own crisis of confidence. I can't say that "H," "I," and "J" wouldn't have made an equally good trilogy, but this is a good combo.

If, by any chance, you've not previously encountered Grafton or her heroine, Kinsey Millhone, this book should also be a great introduction. More than many fiction genres, mystery is a "writer's" genre-i.e., one that prizes well-drawn prose that brings settings and characters vividly to life. Partly that's because the field has a tradition of using mystery as an excuse for exploring unique cultures or settings (witness the success of Tony Hillerman's Navajo books, or Dick Francis's numerous forays into British horseracing). But also, it's easy to bury clues in the details of culture watching or the quirks of characters who may or may not be suspects.

Sue Grafton is one of the best of these writers currently active in the field-and these are three of her best books.

I have read Sue Grafton's A to N books. I have enjoyed them all. Them seem to take me away to another life. Which does not bother mine. They are indeed light reading as well as fun to read. She has made Kinsey the girl next door as well as a female Spencer for Hire. I can not wait for the others to be printed. We still have O to Z to hear about.

The three-in-one book arrived in excellent condition and was an amazing bargain. I have enjoyed many of the Sue Grafton alphabet books and highly recommend them to anyone looking for an entertaining, easy read.

Received timely, book was not in very good condition. book contents fell out of cover. was able to glue book back in cover but still not in good condition as stated in review when i ordered it.

Book arrived quickly. There was a small tear in the paper jacket that I wasn't happy about. Great stories though.

It was so easy to read three in a row. I think I had the whole three books finished in three days! It's nice to have many books into one because then you don't have to buy the next one or wait to go to the library when it opens next, or even to see if the library has it! It was so nice!!!

"G is for Gumshoe" was my first Kinsey Millhone novel. I will tell you that I went back and read everything leading up to "G" before "H" came out. I have been an avid Sue Grafton fan since the beginning. She makes Kinsey so fun and fallible. You just have to love her and her stories. I especially love Henry.

I love all the alphabet books, but even better was having three in one!
I am currently reading K is for Killer, each one gets better and better!

I have read almost all of Grafton's books, I still have a few that I have missed, she is ingenious, every single novel is original. The reading is easy, I can devour a book in one to two days, and then I am looking around for another. I have just finished J,K,L,M, am working on N, and am now looking for the ones in between that I have missed.

Dorothy Harper, Northridge, CA