Sue Grafton tried something different in “G is for Gumshoe,” pairing Kinsey with a temporary partner/love interest while she was being hunted. Because the author
Sue Grafton overlaps two high concepts in “G is for Gumshoe” (1990) but under-develops one of them, leading to a fizzle of an ending. In
Kinsey Millhone is tired, annoyed, criticized coming and going, and attacked by a tennis-racket wielding nutjob in “F is for Fugitive” (1989). In other words,
In “E is for Evidence” (1988), there’s evidence that Sue Grafton underwrites key parts of the mystery. While this fifth Kinsey Millhone book has compelling
“D is for Deadbeat” (1987), and also for “downbeat,” in Sue Grafton’s fourth Kinsey Millhone mystery. The private eye spends her whole time on the
“C is for Corpse” (1986), appropriately, has the most Character of the Kinsey Millhone series up to this point. Kinsey becomes comfortable in her own
For Dr. Nick Riviera of “The Simpsons,” “B” is for bargain, but for the second book in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, “B is for
One risk of doing a mystery series based on the alphabet is a book buyer’s knee-jerk reaction to associate it with “Sesame Street,” but ultimately
When it comes to getting all the Miss Marple traits correct, Joan Hickson can’t be topped, but if someone prefers Helen Hayes, I can’t quibble
I mentioned in my review of 1985’s “Thirteen at Dinner” that Poirot feels out of time in the 1980s. However, other Agatha Christie novels translate