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	• S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone Mystery) Sue Grafton Berkley, 2006 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 225 reviews view larger image
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a challenging read

Ultimately, I enjoyed "S is for Silence", but there were some bumps along the way. Mostly because there were so many characters (past and present) I had some trouble keeping them straight. The flashback method of telling the story tended to distract me as well, the changing perspectives made it harder for me to follow the narrative at times. It was interesting to see the victim through so many eyes though. It is a grim story about grim lives and there isn't much relief to the darkness. The writing gave me thoughts of Raymond Chandler at times. But the lyricism of Chandler's writing somehow lifts the reader out of the bleakness and squalor of the lives he describes. And Grafton's Kinsey Milhone doesn't seem to have Marlowe's self awareness. But it was still a compelling story. This is the first Grafton I've read in a long time and I'll probably go back and read the other letters of the alphabet.

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Great plot with interesting characters

I thought Sue Grafton's latest mystery, "S IS FOR SILENCE" was just a wonderful story and one of her best books. I've read just about every book from the series and I have never been bored with any of the stories. In this book Sue Grafton has written a top-notched cold case story. The missing person, Violet Sullivan, was to most people in the town a tramp, who had drank too much and socializes with too many men. Most people believed that she just skipped town with a man 30 some years ago. Kinsey Millhorne is hired by Daisy Sullivan to solve the mystery of her disappearing mother. I hope I haven't given away too much of the story for those of you that haven't read it. I certainly wouldn't want to spoil your read. Overall, the author created a series of interesting characters and the development of the plot and that of Kinsey's investigation. This is a suspense filled story that I highly recommend.

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Another winner in the alphabet series!!

S is for silence: the silence of the lost, the silence of the missing, the silence of oblivion.
Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again.
In the small California town of Serena Station, tongues wagged. Some said she'd run off with a lover. Some said she was murdered by her husband.
But for the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter Daisy she left behind, her absence has never been explained or forgotten.
Now, thirty-four years later, she wants the solace of closure.
In S is for Silence, Kinsey Millhone's nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, S is for surprises as Sue Grafton takes a whole new approach to telling the tale. And S is for superb: Kinsey and Grafton at their best.

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The Pace Changes

The point of view shifts from Kinsey in this entry in the series and Grafton accomplishes this with complete confidence. Her flashback scenes capture a fractured view of small town America similar to that of a Jim Thompson tale, but with sensuality we haven't seen in any of her other books. She's still the master of the middle-class noir ala Ross MacDonald. If she's gearing up for what comes after "Z", I don't doubt she's up to the task.

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