V Is for Vengeance: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

Well this book was okay. And of course Kinsey is her usual goofy, gawky busybody self, and that is what this series is all about. So actually this book does what one expects. You get an easy read, a silly story line meant to entertain and this book does that job just a-okay. Kinda like eating a grilled cheese sandwich with the yellow cheese while drinking a Shirley Temple.

I believe Sue Grafton just gets better with time. Kinsey Millhone is an interesting character that never fails to hold my attention. A well conceived protagonist can feel like a long time friend and that's what Kinsey is to me. Judy Kaye also does a great job presenting the story. A very enjoyable and interest-holding read!

I listen to audio books to be entertained while I go about doing mundane chores like ironing and vacuuming. I get transported by fiction and the time goes by quickly. The better the book the easier my chores. I have the whole alphabet in this series and I have enjoyed all of them. This was just as entertaining as the first one and all the ones in between. I especially liked the ending.

I really enjoyed this book. Must be the best in the last 10 letters. Judy Kaye is easily the best narrater of this series. I hope Sue Grafton finds a way to keep giving us Kinsey Millhone mysteries after the alphabet comes to an end. Only four more letters to go. But no matter what the furture brings, I've had a great time reading these books.

This is a toss up. I read all the ABC books and since N they have gone downhill. Now I at the point where I want to be able to say I read all of them but, now that in question.

Dresden Files or a Death book by Dodd.

I like her but it would be hard to listen to her as somebody other than Kinsey. I also have this problem with Scott Brick who I just love as a reader.

It took over 4 hours to get a client. Too many story lines going on and how dumb does Kinsey look after reading this book. It one thing to make a mistake but to make one after another? Would you hire such a person.

The reviews posted to date on this site have been right on the mark. I don't know what happen with this one may-be I got a different version.

Sue Grafton's wit and talent plus Judy Kaye's delivery and sas makes for a perfect Kinsey! Love-love-love em!

Kinsey Milhone always delivers, and Judy Kaye is a great narrator. However, this book has a more interesting, complex plot than usual, and the characters are deeper than in some other Grafton novels. This one's also fun because you get a chance to see Milhone through a gangster's eyes.

Very entertaining. Story well layed out to hold my interest.

Really loved how the multiple plot lines came together flawlessly in the end.

Actually enjoyed all of them, good job.

Wanted to but took two days.

I look forward to the new books in this series, Sue Grafton is a great story teller. This is a book that draws you in and keeps you thinking. I love trying to figure out how the different people fit together. Definitely worth the credit and time!

Every other major novelist with a single protagonist seems to sort of peter out after 10 or 12 books, apparently losing their edge, running out of plot lines, or having said everything they had to say. But not Sue Grafton. Every book is great -- some I like a little bit better than others, for personal reasons, but every book is compelling and hard to put down. I'm crushed to recall there are only four to go -- but the good news is, I've aged even if Kinsey hasn't. I've already reread several of them, and they're just like new. (Pretty soon I'll need only one book.)

One thing about this particular tale made me giggle: Friends in the Santa Barbara/Montecito area note that Sue Grafton herself is quite a fixture in local high society. Very active and well respected. So as she was describing some of the wealthy female denizens of the "Santa Theresa" xray women, the ladies-who-lunch bunch, she was most probably describing a good many of the women in her own social circle. Made me laugh, wondering if they'd recognize themselves....

Whatever. It's a great book, wonderful fun and now probably a long wait until "W" appears.