Change is not always good

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	• R is for Ricochet Sue Grafton G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 119 reviews view larger image
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Hmmm....Okay.....

Q is for Quarry was so good, probably her best...that I was kind of disappointed in this one. It did not "grip" me like most of her books and I found it easy to put it down and not pick it back up for days. Usually, I am speeding through a Sue Grafton in a day or so. Too bad...

Change is not always good

First off, I always look forward to next in the series of Sue Grafton books (Kinsey Milhone, the PI is the central character in all the books) and I look forward to the next in the Alphabet series, as always. One of the reasons I like these books is because, like most long running series, they are predictable. I like the main character. I identify with Kinsey Millhorne in her personal life and her views on life, love and the pursuits of happiness. I hate it when this changes .... and change it does in this book.

Sure, the basic plot design is the same - Kinsey befriends an under dog and seeming less helpless and hopeless client - gets entangled in all sorts of dangers and legal loopholes that constantly spell impending doom and disaster for her - and as usual I learned things from the book - like how to launder money in this case. But what changed was Kinsey's "romantic" status. Sure, in the past, she has entered temporal and fleeting romantic flings that always ended up either badly or long distanced - but this time she falls head over heels - and its a pervasive element of the book. I hated it. It disrupted everything else, so please Ms. Grafton, dispense immediately of Cheney Phillips. He is disruptive, intrusive, annoying and bothersome - and its just not fair that romance should arrive for Kinsey -and not for me ! (It's that character identification thing!)

But seriously, it does change the formula, and I found it disruptive. Otherwise, a good read, and I continue to look forward to "T is for ...." as always.

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