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Why wait this long? You could have initiated an investigation from prison and maybe saved yourself some time.” Kinsey is a unique protagonist, and the first person point of view is perfect for her. We get an intimate look into her mind as she interviews the suspects and slowly unravels the mystery. Also, I enjoyed seeing Kinsey doing more than one investigation. All too often, in books, movies, and TV, we see investigators focusing solely on one mystery at a time. This book portrays it in a more realistic fashion. The opening lines of the book grab you when the narrator tells you that she killed a man. You want to know more about this situation. Then you get to know a little bit about Kinsey. Twice-divorced. 32. New to PI work. You already start to root for her as much as you ask questions about her former life.
These became the series now known as the "alphabet novels", featuring sleuth and private investigator Kinsey Millhone. The series is set in Santa Teresa, a fictionalized version of Santa Barbara. [17] Grafton followed the lead of Ross Macdonald, who created the fictional version of the city. [18] Grafton described Kinsey Millhone as her alter ego, "the person I might have been had I not married young and had children." [9] Grafton's introduction of a young, no-nonsense female private detective in the Alphabet Mystery series was ground-breaking at the time when A is for Alibi was first released in 1982. Until the creation of Kinsey Milhone and V.I. Warshawski, created by Sarah Paretsky, in Indemnity Only, also in 1982, private detectives in fiction were almost always male. [42] urn:oclc:505877781 Scandate 20100407193735 Scanner scribe2.sanfrancisco.archive.org Scanningcenter sanfrancisco SourceThe novel, the first starring female PI, Kinsey Millhone, is set in the fictional southern California city of Santa Teresa, based on Santa Barbara. (I believe that this is the fictional creation of another detective fiction writer, Ross Macdonald) The choice of murder by substituting the contents of an antihistamine tablet with crushed oleander meant that an alibi held no value because the contents of the tablet could have been switched a considerable time earlier than the victim actually swallowed the tablet. In an interview cited in Wikipedia, Grafton says that she conceived aspects of the plot on her own "fantasies" of murdering her then-husband while going through a divorce. Another unique take is relating the modus operandi and the killer, which, because I don't want to spoil it, I won't go into. So, yeah, you can call me a trend-setter. I'm up on the hip scene of today. I know what is cool... or as you kids might say, I'm DTF. (That means Definitely Trendy and Fresh, right?)
I studied her for a moment. She was forthright and what she said made sense. Laurence Fife had been a difficult man. I hadn't been all that fond of him myself. If she was guilty, I couldn't see why she would stir it all up again. Her ordeal was over now and her so-called debt to society had been taken off the books except for whatever remaining parole she had to serve.Paul, Steve (May 11, 1992). " 'N Is for Novelist,' not mystery writer; Sue Grafton has arrived, thanks to Kinsey Millhone". The Kansas City Star. p.D1.
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