W is For Wasted: Kinsey Millhone Mystery (A Kinsey Millhone Novel)

"Grafton Fan, Not a fan of W" according to seffy12Grafton Fan, Not a fan of W I am always so excited when Sue Grafton puts out a new book in her alphabet series. I have loved Kinsey forever! She is one of my favorite characters. She usually feels like an old friend. But I have to be honest that I was disappointed in W is for Wasted. I felt the descriptions were a little ridiculous. Ms. Grafton spent pages. . I am always so excited when Sue Grafton puts out a new book in her alphabet series. I have loved Kinsey forever! She is one of my favorite characters. She usually feels like an old friend. But I have to be honest that I was disappointed in W is for Wasted. I felt the descriptions were a little ridiculous. Ms. Grafton spent pages. Wasted Time W is for wasred time should be full title. Have been a fan since Grafton first introduced series, but she's definitely out of ideas. She has her "detective" respond and act more stupidly than the average Wasted Time Sidra Edaw W is for wasred time should be full title. Have been a fan since Grafton first introduced series, but she's definitely out of ideas. She has her "detective" respond and act more stupidly than the average 4 year old would respond or act. As a 38 year old who has actively been a "detective" for years ACTUALLY no nothing about will. year old would respond or act. As a 38 year old who has actively been a "detective" for years ACTUALLY no nothing about will. Wasted (time and money) Sorry. I just can't get through this book. After two months I'm at 65% through. Having worked on the street with homeless myself probably doesn't help me read this. It is totally unrealistic as to how homeless act and how you can act around them. I could put that aside if there was anything exciting or interesting in the book. I

SUE GRAFTON lives in Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky.

“And just like that,” she says, “the lid to Pandora’s box flew open. Of the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, “Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.”Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. It looked like a robbery gone bad. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue.The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He’d been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey literally finds the key to his identity. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He’d been sleeping rough. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised.W is for wanderer worthless wronged .W is for wasted.. A slip of paper with Millhone’s name and number was in his pants pocket. It would take me another day before I understood how many imps had been freed, but for the moment, I was inordinately pleased with myself.”In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. Probably homeless. No

From Booklist Wasted lives, wasted time, and wasted opportunities are at the heart of this twenty-third entry in the long-running Kinsey Millhone series, which reveals how the deaths of two very different men impact Kinsey’s life. T.’s death, Kinsey sets out to learn more about him and why he disinherited his immediate family. Nearing the conclusion of this celebrated series, Grafton continues to shape Millhone’s character, toughened by circumstance but still both understanding and forgiving. Nobody in the cast is a stereotype, and it’s the clash of personalities and interpersonal dynamics that provide the appeal here. Dace, is an alcoholic vagrant who not only turns out to be Kinsey’s relative but also leaves her a half-million bucks. But Grafton hasn’t lost her touch for characterizati