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P Is for Peril

by Sue Grafton

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Series: Kinsey Millhone (16)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:Kinsey Millhone ventures into the darker side of the human soul in this gripping novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton.
Kinsey Millhone never sees it coming. She is mired in the case of a doctor who disappeared, his angry ex-wife, and beautiful current oneâ??a case that is full of unfinished business, unfinished homes, and people drifting in and out of their own lives. Then Kinsey gets a shock. A man she finds attractive is hiding a fatal secretâ??and now a whole lot of beauty, money, and lies are proving to be a fatal distraction from what Kinsey should have seen all along: a killer standing right before her e… (more)
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Not a fan of the ending, but as usual loved the book anyway. Have loved the entire series so far. ( )
  Cathie_Dyer | Feb 29, 2024 |
Another very good part of the series in which Kinsey rents office space from murderer brothers.
  derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
Liked it but not the strongest entry in the series. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
Most of the books in the alphabet series are just pretty good for me. I don’t know what’s different with the letter P, but I loved it. In this one, there are multiple plots and a lot of characters. One major piece of the job Kinsey is hired, is solved, but it brings up more questions. Kinsey rents new office space and that brings about a whole slew of other problems and shady characters. There’s even a little drama with Henry, her landlord. The ending was wrapped up a bit differently too. ( )
  NatalieRiley | Jun 17, 2023 |
I love Kinsey Millhone. But she's not everyone's cup of tea. I started reading the Alphabet series a few years ago - I think at the time it was up to O is for Outlaw. The idea of a mystery series each title beginning with a new letter amused me. I don't know why. I don't think it's particularly original. At least - I've seen a few others since. At the time though it was new to me and it just struck me as perfect. I flew through the series. Kinsey is riveting. She's brash and harsh and charming. She's fierce and flawed. She gets scared. She holds her own. She pushes herself to run often and tackles cases without judgement and with an open mind. Rosie and Henry are brilliant and I love the little family she builds around her.

But Kinsey Millhone isn't Jack Reacher - her speed is more Tracy Crosswhite. [book:My Sister's Grave|22341263] Her cases aren't full of action and high speed chases - they're slowly nitpicking away until something clicks into place. She writes down all her thoughts and places her facts and ideas on 3x5 index cards - which she often shuffles and rearranges to help her solve her case. And I love it. Kinsey Millhone is great - but she's not for everyone.

For some reason I've seen reviewers compare this to Stephanie Plum - I don't know why - this is absolutely NOTHING like that. Stephanie Plum is a very different character and an extremely different type of book. That's more fluff. Kinsey Millhone is more procedural mysteries. And this series isn't current - it was first published in the 80's - there's not really technology. Messages were relayed by calling the landlines. Paper files were still the main form of storage. Not everyone will enjoy reading this. But if you like your mysteries to be more like procedurals with a determined and fierce character - Kinsey Millhone is for you.



I love Kinsey. She's a little bulldog terrier when she has a case. Poor Dana (from J is for Judgement - she was married to Wendell who disappeared after stealing all the money from his Ponzi scheme.) who may just have to accept that she has shockingly bad taste in men. Poor Kinsey who is also probably never going get another referral from her.

The mystery in this one was a bit convoluted. All my guesses were wrong. On the other hand I did have my suspicions about Maria (the insurance agent who is after the Hevener brothers).

Henry! I love Henry and this book really made it clear why. I love how he looks after Kinsey and gives her space but also is just there when she needs him. And he lies for her! Even after she's decided not to go down that path based on his advice. I loved it.



4 stars. ( )
  funstm | Jan 28, 2023 |
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Grafton, Sueprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
García de la Hoz, María LuzTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Holleman, WimTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kaye, JudyReadersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO
The Santa Barbara Police Department and
the late Richard Breza, Santa Barbara Police Chief
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department
The Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office
and
Harriet Miller, Mayor of Santa Barbara
With appreciation for your competence, integrity, dedication, and generosity of spirit.
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The house on Old Reservoir Road appeared to be in the final phases of construction.
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ISBN 0330457861 is for the Omnibus 2-in-1: O Is for Outlaw and P Is for Peril.
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:Kinsey Millhone ventures into the darker side of the human soul in this gripping novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton.
Kinsey Millhone never sees it coming. She is mired in the case of a doctor who disappeared, his angry ex-wife, and beautiful current oneâ??a case that is full of unfinished business, unfinished homes, and people drifting in and out of their own lives. Then Kinsey gets a shock. A man she finds attractive is hiding a fatal secretâ??and now a whole lot of beauty, money, and lies are proving to be a fatal distraction from what Kinsey should have seen all along: a killer standing right before her e

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She's every lover's feisty girlfriend.
She's every father's courageous daughter.

She's every woman's tough, vulnerable, and spirited alter ego.

She's Kinsey Millhone, familiar to millions of readers around the globe, and she's back in full stride in P is for Peril, her latest venture into the darker side of the human soul. Mordant, mocking, and deceptively low-key, hers is a voice we know we can trust, from a character we've come to love.

Through fifteen novels, Sue Grafton has gone from strength to strength, never writing the same book twice. So it's no surprise that she has taken on new territory in her sixteenth, this time entering the world of noir. It's a world cast in shades of black amid shafts of steel and silver, a shadow land in which the mysterious disappearance of a prominent physician leads Kinsey into a danger-filled maze of duplicity and double-dealing as she taps into the intricacies of a cunning Medicare fraud.

P is for Peril: the novel in which Millhone stakes her life on a thin thread of intuition because the facts glint elusively out of reach and only guesses offer any shot at the truth.
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