G Is for Gumshoe [LARGE PRINT] (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co; Largeprint edition (December 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816150915
• ISBN-13: 978-0816150915
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,094,993 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 7 in The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mystery Series.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars G is for Godawful, June 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: "G" is for Gumshoe (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries) (Hardcover)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars G is for Good, but not as great as the usual Grafton book, May 5, 2001

By	Paul Skinner (Manassas, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: G Is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

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).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, September 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: G Is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

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