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Lorna Kepler was beautiful and willful, a loner who couldn't resist flirting with danger. Maybe that's what killed her. Her death had raised a host of tough questions. The cops suspected homicide, but they could find neither motive nor suspect. Even the means were mysterious: Lorna's body was so badly decomposed when it was discovered that they couldn't be certain she hadn't died of natural causes. In the way of overworked cops everywhere, the case was gradually shifted to the back burner and became another unsolved file. Only Lorna's mother kept it alive, consumed by the certainty that somebody out there had gotten away with murder. In the ten months since her daughter's death, Janice Kepler had joined a support group, trying to come to terms with her loss and her anger. It wasn't helping. And so, leaving a session one evening and noticing a light on in the offices of Millhone Investigations, she knocked on the door. In answering that knock, Kinsey Millhone is pulled into the netherworld of unavenged murder, where only a pact with the devil will satisfy the restless ghosts of the victims and give release to the living they have left behind. Eleven books into the series that has won her readers around the world, Sue Grafton takes a darkside turn, pitching us into a shadow land of pain and grief where killers still walk free, unaccused, unpunished, unrepentant. With "K" is for Killer she offers a tale that is dark, complex, and deeply disturbing. "A" Is for Alibi "B" Is for Burglar "C" Is for Corpse "D" Is for Deadbeat "E" Is for Evidence "F" Is for Fugitive "G" Is for Gumshoe "H" Is for Homicide "I" Is for Innocent "J" Is for Judgment "K" Is for Killer "L" is for Lawless "M" Is for Malice "N" Is for Noose "O" Is for Outlaw "P" Is for Peril "Q" Is for Quarry "R" Is for Ricochet "S" Is for Silence "T" Is for Trespass "U" Is for Undertow "V" Is for Vengeance "W" Is for Wasted "X"
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I liked this book. The story kept my attention from start to finish and even though I had some ideas about who did it I wasn't entirely correct. I hate it when a story is too easy to figure out. This story really had me thinking through details and at times questioning everyone. This may actually be my new favorite in this series.
I read some reviews before I started this book, carefully avoiding spoilers, and I am so glad I didn't let them put me off. Some people rated this book very low and said they hated the ending. I guess it is kind of like people. Never trust another person's judgement when it comes to who or what you might like. It is best to decide that for yourself.
This is the best book yet in the alphabet series. I've been reading them in order and honestly close to giving up on the series after I and J.
Kinsey Millhone, who is normally an early-rising, 3 mile jogging, hamburger-eating private eye switches to join the nightlife. And maybe that's why I liked this book – I can surely relate to that more. Every time I read about Kinsey jogging 3 miles, I feel guilty because I don't jog 3 miles. Yeah, I compare myself to a fictional detective. Kinsey was more to my liking staying up all night, and meeting with the seedier people in Santa Teresa's underground.
The mystery was compelling, and the structure was just wonderful. The interviews were clear, the evidence mounted consistently, and I pretty much guessed every single character as the murderer before it was all said and done.
I don't read mysteries for character development, nor do I really care much about setting. I like trying to figure out the culprit. ‘K is for Killer' was better than my expectations in that regard.
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24 primary books25 released booksKinsey Millhone is a 25-book series with 24 primary works first released in 1981 with contributions by Sue Grafton.