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Nancy Brady
Dec 26, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: library-book
The first of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries read...from there, the previous novels were read as they were available in the library. After that, all were read as they came out.
Love Kinsey's independence,sassiness, and her VW Bug and her neighbor and landlord Henry (he has got to be one of the coolest characters in this series). The stories are complex enough as the private detective figures out the mystery.

Suggestion: read them in order rather than hit-skip especially as they become darker and re
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Barbara ★
I enjoy Kinsey Millhone's adventures as a private investigator but this book started with what I assume is a typo and through the first four or five chapters it jumps back and forth between events on December 24 and 27th. You have no way of knowing what happened when and the jumps caused me to stop and reread passages to try to figure out what was going on. For example: the first line of the book is "it was Monday, December 27". 2 pages later in the same chapter "the only signs of Christmas, two ...more
Juliette
Mar 12, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2010
I am reading this series in order as recommended by my sister. I thought this was one of the best so far in the series. It seems as though Grafton is definately getting better as she goes along. I also enjoy that meeting characters that have been briefly mentioned in other books. I am now onward to F is for Fugitive.
Suzanne
Jul 14, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mysteries
Jane(Janelba)
Jan 18, 2009 rated it really liked it
Katharine
May 31, 2009 rated it liked it
Mary Ann
Mar 07, 2021 rated it really liked it
Lindy-Lane
Nov 01, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: aut-sue-grafton
Arieanca
Sep 18, 2012 marked it as to-read
Mary X
Jan 09, 2013 rated it liked it
Martha
Oct 21, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mystery, 2013
Nancy
Apr 08, 2014 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: crime, mystery
Shelley
Jun 19, 2014 rated it really liked it
Tara
Jun 20, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2016
Jimena Rodríguez
Jan 17, 2017 rated it it was ok
Jan Norton
Apr 26, 2016 rated it liked it
Juliana Philippa
Dec 09, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: series
Amanda A
Aug 21, 2018 rated it liked it
Susan
Jul 01, 2021 marked it as to-read
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