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W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone #23)

Sue Grafton

Hardcover | Pages: 486 pages

Rating: 3.91 | 27730 Users | 3145 Reviews

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Title	:	W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone #23)
Author	:	Sue Grafton
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 486 pages
Published	:	September 10th 2013 by Marian Wood Books/Putnam (first published September 4th 2013)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime

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Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue.

The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He’d been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He’d been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhone’s name and number was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him.

Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes.

But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange linkages begin to emerge. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey literally finds the key to his identity. “And just like that,” she says, “the lid to Pandora’s box flew open. It would take me another day before I understood how many imps had been freed, but for the moment, I was inordinately pleased with myself.”

In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised.

W is for . . . wanderer . . . worthless . . . wronged . . .

W is for wasted.

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Original Title:	W is for Wasted
ISBN:	0399158987 (ISBN13: 9780399158988)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Kinsey Millhone #23
Characters:	Kinsey Millhone, Robert Dietz
Literary Awards:	Left Coast Crime Award Nominee for Best mystery set within the United States (The Squid) (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2013)

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What could be better than curling up with another installment of the award-winning Kinsey Millhone series? Long live Kinsey.

I read this after the death of Sue Grafton. Bittersweet but she was an amazing storyteller. We finally get to know something about her father's side of the family. Homeless people, fraudulent medical research, murder, family relationships and so many twists and turns.

Kinsey Millhone is a 38 year old private investigator from Santa Teresa . The year is 1988, way before cell phones and computers (Yikes!). Kinsey is called into the coroner's office in an attempt to identify the body of a homeless man found with her phone number in his pocket. This was about to be a life-changer. This book delves into Kinsey's background and family. Slow at times, even considered putting it away for a while but kept pushing on. Once you are that far into a series its personal!

Unlike many of her contemporaries (Elizabeth George and Janet Evanovich, I'm looking at you) Sue Grafton's writing seems to improve over time. Instead of becoming repetitious, her stories and our understanding of Kinsey and her world have become more nuanced and deeper. I know it's stupid because she's a fictional character, but after 20+ books written in the first person, I feel like I know Kinsey and I like her - she's almost real to me.So, needless to say I could not wait to get my hands on

Not my favorite by this author. I felt like I was slogging through this. It took me nearly a week to finish - a rarity for me. I didn't even like the title, nit-picker that I am. Characterization was uneven. Anna was so unlikeable she was almost a caricature. Yet Henry, a long-time recurring person was a cardboard silhouette. Kinsey herself was less dimensional than I would expect after having been the focus of 23 books. Really, it feels like Ms. Grafton is herself losing interest. I didn't

This series featuring PI Kinsey Millhone has been going for over thirty years now and dipping into this one immediately felt like slipping on a favourite soft and cosy sweater. All our old friends are there in Santa Teresa, her landlord Henry, his brother William and wife Rosie and one time lovers Dietz and Cheney make cameo appearances. The novel opens with two seemingly unrelated deaths, a shady PI and a homeless man. Kinsey has ties to both and becomes involved in investigating their deaths.

So here's the thing. I enjoy the Kinsey Millhone books this is the longest I have ever stuck with a series- but I don't remember the individual books at all. I have the impression that "L" was my favourite, but I couldn't tell you why. When I read one of the books I remember Henry, William, Dietz & the rest of the crew, but a month later I won't be able to tell you any of the names. I certainly don't remember the plots! But these books have always been a good, quick escapist read.This is no