O is for Ordinary - NOT

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	• O Is for Outlaw Sue Grafton, 1999 - 318 pages average customer review:based on 160 reviews view larger image
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O is for Ordinary - NOT - It's Great

Sue Grafton is definitely back on course with O IS FOR OUTLAW. In one word, it's Outstanding in that it not only gives the devoted readers of this series more insight into Kinsey Millhone's past, but it also has a great mystery to go along with that insight.

Kinsey comes home from working out at the gym to find two Los Angeles detectives on her porch. As they're talking with her, she learns that her first ex-husband (remember she's twice divorced), Mickey MacGruder, has been shot, is in a coma, and the outlook isn't good. Kinsey is shocked by those events, but when the detectives inform her that her handgun (the one Mickey gave her as a wedding present years ago) was the weapon used to shoot him, she was completely baffled.

Those of us who have been with this series since A is for Alibi knew that Kinsey is too curious about anything and everything to not jump in her Volkswagen Beatle Bug and drive to Los Angeles to see Mickey for herself. Sure enough, that's what she did. After the visit, she finds out where Mickey lived and picks the lock on the door (around the crime scene tape, of course) to see what she can find out in the apartment that could give her a clue as to who shot him and why. Now this is when it's very interesting - Kinsey remembers how Mickey is paranoid and figures out where he stashes his secrets. Ok, I never even thought about stuffing/hiding things in the light switch box, the curtain rod, etc.

The support characters are dynamic from a wanna be congressman, his hoity-toity wife, a handicapped Vietnam vet who went from being a drunk to a wealthy businessman, his two-timing wife, an ex-con bent on revenging his brother's death, to the Honky-Tonk's new owners - the sons of cops with whom Kinsey used to work. At times I laughed at the characters' antics and other times just shook my head in disbelief. But Grafton was definitely consistent with these personalities as they were all very vivid, strong and animated. She gave a new meaning to "mental picture".

The downside to this book, at least in my opinion, is the dates in which the story takes place. I have read each of the books in this series and when Kinsey says she's 39 years old, I always thought she was close to my age. Well it turns out that Kinsey graduated in 1967 - yes, it appears these books have been written in a time period of ten years ago. This may not be a big deal to some, but to me, it threw off my whole line of thinking. These events are not current. This is definitely something I need to get used to.

Overall, I'd say Sue Grafton is back on target with O is for Outlaw as it's full of action, adventure, humor and wit. It's packed full of all the things we've come to expect from this fantastic writer! This book should definitely be added onto your reading list!

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Old love, new threat

PI Kinsey Millhone recieves a call from a man who wants to sell her a box of papers and photos that have her name on them, from a sale in a storage depot. When Kinsey goes through the junk, which she is unable to resist buying for a few dollars, she finds that it is the remains of her belongings she had left behind when she left her husband, Mickey, 14 years previously. The pair hadn't been in contact for all of those years but when she learns that he is in a coma in a Los Angeles hospital, after being shot, her sense of decency as well as her sense of curiosity, impels her to pay a visit to the hospital. A visit from the police investigating the shooting, pushes her back into a world she'd left, all those years ago, meeting again with people with whom she and Mickey had socialised, and leaving her unable to resist the pull of starting her own investigation. It's a fast, edgy read which Kinsey Millhone fans will adore.

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Grafton is the best!

Sue Grafton has managed to maintain the quality of her Kinsey Millhone stories throughout her excellent series. I both re-read her books and listen to them on tape. Kinsey is a realistic character. We know who she is but her quirks do not take over the books--a pitfall many other writers of mystery series fall into. I keep checking for her next book...

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