"F" is for Fugitive.: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (Kinsey Millhone, #6) (G.k. hall large print book)

by Sue Grafton

My name is Kinsey Millhone. I'm thirty-two years old, twice married, no kids, currently unattached and likely to remain so given my disposition, which is cautious at best . . .

Seventeen years had passed since Jean Timberlake's body had been found at the foot of the sea wall.

At the time, Bailey Fowler, an ex-boyfriend of hers, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Now he'd changed his tune.

Kinsey Millhone was called in to solve the case - then she stumbled on the dark secrets of a family's buried past . . .

`Kinsey Millhone is one of the most convincing private investigators in operation' Independent

`An alphabet of prime puzzles' Sunday Times

`Kinsey Millhone is up there with the giants of the private eye genre . . . exhilarating stuff' Times Literary Supplement

• ISBN10: 0805004602
• ISBN13: 9780805004601
• Publish Date: 15 May 1989
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 11 December 2011
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Henry Holt & Company Inc
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 261
• Language: English

Reviews

I love Kinsey Millhone. But she's not everyone's cup of tea. I started reading the Alphabet series a few years ago - I think at the time it was up to O is for Outlaw. The idea of a mystery series each title beginning with a new letter amused me. I don't know why. I don't think it's particularly original. At least - I've seen a few others since. At the time though it was new to me and it just struck me as perfect. I flew through the series. Kinsey is riveting. She's brash and harsh and charming. She's fierce and flawed. She gets scared. She holds her own. She pushes herself to run often and tackles cases without judgement and with an open mind. Rosie and Henry are brilliant and I love the little family she builds around her.

But Kinsey Millhone isn't Jack Reacher - her speed is more Tracy Crosswhite. [b:My Sister's Grave|22341263|My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)|Robert Dugoni|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405267054l/22341263._SY75_.jpg|41739579] Her cases aren't full of action and high speed chases - they're slowly nitpicking away until something clicks into place. She writes down all her thoughts and places her facts and ideas on 3x5 index cards - which she often shuffles and rearranges to help her solve her case. And I love it. Kinsey Millhone is great - but she's not for everyone.

For some reason I've seen reviewers compare this to Stephanie Plum - I don't know why - this is absolutely NOTHING like that. Stephanie Plum is a very different character and an extremely different type of book. That's more fluff. Kinsey Millhone is more procedural mysteries. And this series isn't current - it was first published in the 80's - there's not really technology. Messages were relayed by calling the landlines. Paper files were still the main form of storage. Not everyone will enjoy reading this. But if you like your mysteries to be more like procedurals with a determined and fierce character - Kinsey Millhone is for you.


Lol Kinsey being scared of needles. I enjoyed this one. I felt sorry for Bailey. His family sucks.

3.5 stars.

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I didn’t think this book was as good as the previous ones. There seemed to be a lot of emphasis on the setting, it was really slow going (I think I was over halfway through before there was a real clue), and the time line got confusing somewhere in the middle. They kept referring to things that that happened “this morning” or “last night” when I felt like there had been another day in between. I’m hoping Grafton gets back to “old form” in the next books.