S is for Silence - Sue Grafton

Advantages: A good detective story
Disadvantages: A little confusing at times

...◊ Would I recommend S is for Silence? Yes, if you enjoy a 'traditional' detective story. In this case, 'S' is for 'simple', although by no means a cinch when it comes to guessing the outcome. This is a commendable example of what can be achieved by an intuitive detective with only a set of index cards and a battered portable typewriter at her disposal. Set in the '80s, there are no whizz-kids with computer and DNA know-how at Kinsey Millhone's ...
...you prefer fast-paced, heart-thumping excitement this probably isn't for you. However, I too enjoy thrillers and edge-of-my-seat stuff, yet I still found this story quite enjoyable even if it did gallop up to the home straight only to wander around a bit at the final fence. This book is worth a read, but don't expect the reassuringly familiar Kinsey. You might even like the different approach Sue Grafton has used with this latest alphabet book. ... Read review

Advantages: Witty, strong plot
Disadvantages: None really

Violet O'Sullivan, a woman in her twenties, went missing one night in 1953, never to be seen again. Thirty-five years later, her daughter, Daisy, who was seven at the time her mother went missing, decides that she wants some answers. She has struggled to come to terms with her mother's disappearance and needs to know if she left of her own account or if she was murdered. Her father has long been believed to be responsible for his wife's death, but ...
...relationships with Violet. Daisy calls in Kinsey Millhone, private investigator extraordinaire, to re-open the case. But someone wants Kinsey out of the picture. Will Kinsey manage to find out what happened to Violet all those years before? This is now the nineteenth book by Sue Grafton that I have read in this series and I have enjoyed pretty much every one of them, although the last couple of books haven't been as good. I think there is something ... Read review