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"G" is for Gumshoe [Mass Market Paperback]

Sue Grafton
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Nov 27 2007 The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries (Book 7)

For #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton’s PI Kinsey Milhone, danger comes with the job—but she never expects to find herself at the top of a hit man’s list…

G IS FOR GAME…

When Irene Gersh asks PI Kinsey Millhone to locate her elderly mother Agnes, whom she hasn’t heard from in six months, it’s not exactly the kind of case Kinsey jumps for. But a girl’s gotta pay her bills, and this should be easy money—or so she thinks. Kinsey finds Agnes in a hospital. Aside from her occasional memory lapses, the octogenarian seems fine. And frightened.

G IS FOR GUN…

Kinsey doesn’t know what to make of Agnes’s vague fears and bizarre ramblings, but she’s got her own worries. It seems Tyrone Patty, a criminal she helped put behind bars, is looking to make a hit. First, Kinsey’s car is run off the road, and then days later, she’s almost gunned down, setting in motion a harrowing cat and mouse game…

G IS FOR GUMSHOE

So Kinsey decides to hire a bodyguard. With PI Robert Dietz watching her 24/7, Kinsey is feeling on edge…especially with their growing sexual tension. Then, Agnes dies of an apparent homicide, Kinsey realizes the old lady wasn’t so senile after all—and maybe she was trying to tell her something? Now Kinsey’s determined to learn the truth…even if it kills her.

 


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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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3.0 out of 5 stars The Past Catches Up with Kinsey Millhone Mar 7 2010
By A. Gallagher TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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G is for Gumshoe is the seventh book in Sue Grafton's alphabet mystery series. As always, Grafton's private eye, Kinsey Millhone is hired to take on a seemingly routine investigation, in this case to locate Agnes Grey, her client's elderly mother. As usual, the case is far from straightforward and predictably, Kinsey discovers long buried family secrets. Meanwhile, Kinsey learns that a contract has been taken out on her life by a jailed killer who wants revenge for the role that Kinsey played in his convition. After an initial attempt on her life leaves her badly injured, Kinsey hires Robert Dietz, a professional security expert and body guard to protect her while she continues to work for her own client.

It is amusing to find the fiercely independent Kinsey rely on someone else and chafe under Dietz's take charge attitude, nevertheless they quickly becomes romantically involved. The romantic pairing of a body guard and a fiesty female client is a tired cliché. Is there any chance they won't become involved? The mystery of the missing Agnes Grey, which obviously relies on names associated with the Bronte sisters as clues, is not really that suspenseful. It functions as a reason for Kinsey to publicly continue with her work and therefore, provide the hitman with ample opportunity to strike. Since two stories are not obviously connected, Grafton has the challenge of switching from one mystery to the other. The result is that both mysteries lose some momentum by the novel's conclusion when both plots abruptly converge.
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In this seventh installment of Kinsey Millhone's adventures as a private detective, Kinsey has much more on her plate than usual. She is hired to locate a client's elderly mother, who has disappeared; she also discovers that someone is trying to have her killed. The first challenge develops in unexpected ways, and the search for Kinsey's would-be killer is a well-integrated secondary plot. The whole thing is bound up in Grafton's usual competent, easy-to-read writing.

The book's only shortcoming is that it could have been much more than it was. It is essentially two stories coincident in time and both involving Kinsey; no thematic connection between them is evident. While this does not detract from the novel's enjoyability, it leaves some doubt as to why Grafton introduced a second story element rather than elaborating a bit more on the first.

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In this book, Kinsey celebrates her 33RD birthday. She moves back to her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady supposedly living in the Mojave desert by herself. And then she also manages to make the top of Tyrone Patty's hit list.As much as she hates to admit it, Kinsey realizes she needs help fending this guy off if she is going to survive. This is where Robert Dietz, a Porsche driving bodyguard comes in. He yakes his job very seriously, starting to fall for Kinsey.And then before she knows it, she falls into a gruesome case that will lead her into betrayal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Fun Read!
Keep 'em coming, Sue Grafton. Kinsey is my kind of woman. Exciting new adventures and interesting twists and turns! Read more
Published on Jun 2 2003 by Evelyn Horan
4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you guessing!!
I really like Sue Grafton's books and have read A through G now. This book began a little slowly, but once it got going, it certainly kept you guessing. I recommend it!
Published on May 6 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars A real page-turner
In this 7th. book of the Kinsey Milhonne series, the likeable female sleuth is in search of Agnes Gray who has not been in contact with her daughter Irene for several months. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2003 by Karen Potts
4.0 out of 5 stars A really good one from Kinsey stock
Good plot, more of Kinsey's character, and mercifully, the two main threads are not connected. Dietz is a good character - worth a few novels of his own, maybe?
Published on Aug 30 2002 by Puneet Tanwar
5.0 out of 5 stars Feisty
Sue Grafton's alphbet series introduces us to the feisty independent Kinsey Millhone and the plot and narrative in "G" is a well written hard-to-put-down addition to the... Read more
Published on July 4 2002 by Beverly J. Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars Feisty
Sue Grafton's alphbet series introduces us to the feisty independent Kinsey Milhone and the plot and narrative in "G" is a well written hard-to-put-down addition to the... Read more
Published on July 4 2002 by Beverly J. Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars So who is perfect?
I would agree that it is never made quite clear why Kinsey is on someone's hit list, and one has to pretty much read between the lines to find a rational explanation as to why the... Read more
Published on Mar 18 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars Health food hit man
This one has two main plots. One is a classical mystery with clues based on the Bronte sisters, about a woman's missing mother. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2002 by D. P. Birkett
4.0 out of 5 stars G is for Great
I have read A through G now and really enjoy this series. in this book, our hero Kinsey experiences three major events: her apartment is finished being rebuilt after the bomb went... Read more
Published on Aug 29 2001 by Robert Von Gerds
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoy reading about Kinsey!
This is the second novel by Sue Grafton that I have read. Plowing ahead with the series, I found 'G' to be engrossing and chilling. I just couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on Aug 21 2001 by "auorchid"
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