Books : S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
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by: Sue Grafton
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Manufacturer: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: December 06, 2005
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Sales Rank: 370259
Studio: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Product Description:
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, Violet's 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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - S is for Superb
Apparently, it's been a while since anyone left feedback regarding S Is For Silence, but after reading two-page views, neutral to negative responses, I feel Ms. Grafton is being pounced on for either PI'ing outside Santa Teresa or writing a story, future, to past, to future.
S was the first novel that turned me on to Kinsey, or rather, Sue Grafton. I found her style intriguing and down-to-earth.
Next thing I knew, I searched Amazon and found a seller that had books A-S, purchasing the ... Read More
Rating:  - GRAFTON SCORES ANOTHER WINNER WITH "S IS FOR SILENCE"
In S is for Silence, Kinsey Milhone is hot on the trail again, but this time it's a cold case. After nineteen novels, if you've read one or more you probably feel that you know Kinsey, so most things about her are familiar. If not, plan on going back in the series and reading more.
The story telling is a departure from the usual, because we have lots of flash backs to the missing woman named Violet Sullivan who disappeared on Independence Day in 1953. Violet's daughter Daisy was only ... Read More
Rating: - More of a Suspenseful Whodunit
Let's go back to 1953. A small town, an "Easy" married woman whose looked down upon & her new Chevy. One Fourth of July weekend she disappears never to be seen or heard from again. 34 years later her disappearance is revisited by her daughter & a PI. Did the woman, Violet Sullivan, meet with an untimely end or did she take her secret stash of cash & move on in life? Did she leave to escape her abusive alcoholic husband, leaving her 7 year old daughter behind? We don't know.
A cast ... Read More
Rating:  - Workable
I'm a huge fan of Sue Grafton, but I was less than pleased with her approach to writing this one. True, I still give it four stars because, gosh darn it, it's such a great mystery, but when someone has developed a character as strong as Kinsey you tend to miss that character when the story is interrupted by flashbacks.
Fortunately, the characters domineering the flashbacks are strong, complex, and interesting,and Kinsey continues to hold her own in the modern world. I suppose it is all ... Read More
Rating: - Spicy Kinsey keeps the intrique alive
Why do I always get heartburn when I read Sue Grafton's mysteries? Answer: her PI, Kinsey Millhone's diet of spicy foods followed by beer or a few cocktails that's why. I love how Kinsey is as spicy as her food choices and at times, haphazard as one can be after a few when in chasing down the bad guys. And there's plenty of bad guys in S is for Silence. Grafton's characters are bad, good and ugly, but never, every dull and ordinary. Every time I was sure I figured out "who done it" Grafton pulled rug ... Read More
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