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Nov 22, 2022fred98115 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Final Grafton mystery. One of her grittiest and possibly one of her best. Has a tendency to over-describe places. Kinsey is asked to resolve a blackmail attempt, and the story takes off.
Sep 07, 2021
The pace picks up in chapter 40. The frequent mention of the rape scene is disturbing.
May 24, 2021kyle000 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Sad we’ll never read Z is for... I have enjoyed all the other letters.
Sep 10, 2020bookie66 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I have always like the Grafton books. She will be missed. However, this one seems to be working too hard.....I'm at page 86 and closing and returning. Not enjoyable or readable as previous. Something is just missing.
Feb 12, 2020maipenrai rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Sadly Sue Grafton passed away before she could complete her goal of writing a mystery with every letter of the alphabet. I enjoyed the Kinsey Millhone mysteries and waited impatiently for the next book. Ms. Grafton will be missed. …
Nov 18, 2019CPLannie rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable read, runs like older detective shows - very much like Perry Mason or Mannix, or maybe Mike Hammer. That's not to say it's not original; it just fits da genre. In fact, it's written in that classic style and exemplary…
Oct 24, 2019Blabbermouth rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The last Kinsey story by Sue Grafton. This time the story is set in two time lines. It begins in 1979, with a rape, a filming of the rape & 4 teenage boys. Then it's 10yrs later, one of the perpetrators is released from prison & someone is…
Sep 26, 2019Nowotny11 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I did not like the two separate story lines - distracting and unneeded.
Mar 23, 2019PolyWogg rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
BOTTOM-LINE: A good last book, not an awesome one . PLOT OR PREMISE: With Sue Grafton's death, there will be no Z book, so this is the last official Kinsey story. In it, she looks back at a cold case where four rich students filmed the…
Jan 09, 2019
I have read all the books in this series, and for the most part, have enjoyed Kinsey and been untroubled by her sometimes ambiguous morals, since it always felt like bending the rules to get the bad guy. In this book, Kinsey is trying to…
CHRISTI_14
Apr 30, 2018
I like others here will miss Kinsey and Sue Grafton. I read a lot and could always depend on Sue Grafton to be an easy read with a likeable hero. Kinsey is a no nonsense gumshoe, an honest character willing to share her foibles with…
Apr 01, 2018DavidSpencer99 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
While I agree with the others who noted various disconnects in plot or details, I still found it an engaging read. During the 60s, I spent a few years in "Santa Teresa" and really enjoy the local color of the author's pseudo-geography. I…
FearlessVicki
Mar 15, 2018FearlessVicki rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Vale Sue....I have enjoyed so many hours of happiness with Kinsey and Henry and the others who made your series so wonderful. If you have not read Sue's series, just start on your favourite letter and let the atmosphere, the characters…
Mar 13, 2018bava2460 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is the second time I've read this book. Upon hearing of Sue Graftons untimely demise I wanted to read it one last time. Her family says there is no Z to the series, that it ends at Y. I will miss her writing!
Mar 13, 2018
Her final novel and she acquitted herself admirably. I have long enjoyed this series, liked the early ones best but this was an enjoyable read.
Feb 08, 2018
I'm guessing the people giving it 5 stars were influenced by her sad passing. I've never struggled to get through a Kinsey Millhone book as I did with this one. The technical errors and implausibility were off the charts. Perhaps her…
Jan 30, 2018gogo12127 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone begins in 1979, at an elite private school that sets a high bar for academic achievement and turns a blind eye to the risky behavior and social sabotage students…
Jan 29, 2018llwboston rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
After months on the waiting list, I got the library notice that Y is for Yesterday was available to borrow just a few days afer Sue Grafton passed away. So my reading was shadowed by the sad knowledge that this would be the last new…
Jan 22, 2018ehbooklover rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I can't possibly give Y is for Yesterday anything less than 5 stars. I did not want to finish it since this was the last Kinsey Millhone book that I'll ever read for the first time but it was so darn good that I could not stop. Grafton was…
Jan 21, 2018Spirit_of_Che rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Definitely not one of her best. Way, way too long. My interest waxed and waned through the entire novel until I couldn't take it any longer. I gave up 100 pages from the end when I realised I don't care what happens to any of them. As I…
bookpusher
Jan 20, 2018bookpusher rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Sad that the alphabet now ends is Y. RIP Sue! I have waited in anticipation each year for the new letter to come out! I will truly miss Kinsey and her index cards and her typewriter! And Henry!! <3
Jan 18, 2018rationallady rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Sue Grafton passed away on December 28, 2017. There will be no "Z is for Zero." Ms. Grafton also made sure that Kinsey Millhone would never see the light of video. I am sad that this is the last book in the series and sad that Ms. Grafton…
spb7679
Jan 12, 2018
Teenagers on booze and drugs doesn't hold my interest and it goes on and on and on .... I loved her first books and have read them many times over. This one isn't worth the paper it's written on. And where's Henry? I suspect, like…
Jan 07, 2018
On Dec 28, 2017 Sue Grafton died. I agree her latest book is to long and I suspect it was published in hast. There will not be a #26 'Z is for Zero'
Dec 26, 2017
Grafton captured my interest with her opening chapter about a female teen being sent to talk to the school's VP. The following chapters expand on that incident to show its relevance to current events in which Kinsey gets involved. Although…