P is for Peril

Ken T. said The End Game Simply Is Very Lackluster. Ms. Grafton's writing style of the character, Kinsey Millhone, is good as usual. She peppers a novel with wit and vivid descriptions. I'm not so sure she actually finished this story, or should have kept on writing until she actually reached an actual conclusion. The novel has both a plot and a very good subplot. The subplot finishes off pretty well. The main plot, not so well. She leaves unanswered questions and loose ends which need to be tied up. After finishing, I knew who did it, but was left wond. "Unsolved" according to Bookzilla. Unsolved. I really enjoy Sue Grafton's work but this one left questions unanswered.Interesting storyline, believable characters and realistic dialogue.No desire to re-read this story. I am always interested in works by this author.. Kept me interested'till the endwhat end? KGS I am new to this series compared to many other reviewers. Have read them in order and really liked this one up to the end, which left me scratching my head. Have so many questions left unanswered.Just one involves the two murderous brothers and the "insurance investigator" who wasn't. If the brothers were the only ones who had the combination to the safe, how did the phony investigator get the jewels out of it? And what was the point of involving Kinsey? There are many other questions left unanswered b

His second wife, Crystal -- a former stripper forty years his junior -- is just as sure he is dead. Enter also Tommy Hevener, an attractive flame haired twenty something who has set his romantic sights on Kinsey, And Tommy is a man with a very interesting past. Enter private investigator Kinsey Millhone, hired by Fiona to find out just what has happened to the man they loved. His embittered first wife Fiona is convinced he is still alive. It is now nine weeks since Dr Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The sixty nine year old doctor had said goodnight to his colleagues at the pacific Meadows nursing home, had climbed into his car and driven away -- never to be seen again

--Jane Adams. Despite its somewhat plodding pace and the echo of a more evolved heroine that rings through its pages, Grafton's many fans will probably shoot P Is for Peril right to the top of the bestseller list. But when his body is discovered, she's among the suspects. More exciting is the secondary plot, which involves a handsome landlord who offers Kinsey the new office space she's been seeking and turns out to be a lot more trouble than she bargained for. This isn't Grafton's strongest case; it's hard to care about any of Purcell's women or his associates. When Dowan Purcell, a respected physician who operates a nursing home, disappears, his ex-wife hires Santa Teresa PI Kinsey Millhone to look into it. Easier than a facelift, and while Sue Grafton is a solid enough writer to pull it off, dedicated Kinsey fans will miss the more complex and multidimensional chara