Kinsey Millhone series: any fans?

I can understand why she wouldn’t have wanted it but I’ve just found this. Apparently her family decided to do it anyway. https://deadline.com/2021/10/sue-grafton-kinsey-millhone-alphabet-book-series-tv-adaptation-ae-studios-1234850816/amp/

I loved them too and think they would make a great TV series but apparently, Sue Grafton had been a screen writer and instructed her dc that they were never to sell the screen rights.

Loved the earlier ones. I remember though giving up on R. It was completely different and focused far too much on a romantic relationship. The character seemed to be losing her feisty edge.

I love that Kinsey’s perfectly happy living on her own & doesn’t show any sign of longing for a partner & kids.

Love the Alphabet series and Kinsey, she's a brilliant representation of womanhood.

The women's murder club, wasn't that the series where in the the first book the lawyer characters had a miscarriage as punishment for refusing to give up her job when she got pregnant? I couldn't get past that.

I am listening to Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Allyn series, they are amusing

Some of them were made into TV series, they get repeated on the Drama channel; with the books you have to overlook that Alleyn's career is about sixty years old and still going strong 😆

I think I stopped reading them midway, no especial reason that I can recall. I'll have to start reading them again - it's so refreshing to have a woman character unashamedly centred on her career and pleasing herself.

Also, there are so many wonderful quotes. In Y is for Yesterday she says

"The odd but unremarkable truth about women is that we've had the aggression bred right out of us"

So many times I've been tempted to give my hair a quick trim!

Loved those books. RIP Sue.

Oh my word, I loved these so much! I read them back to back for a while and then went in search of other female sleuths. About the same time I remember reading Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels for a ‘bubblier’ contrast. 😀Kinsey though has stood the test of time.

I read the whole lot. Absolutely loved them. I read a lot, and often guess "who dunitt", with these I loved the fact that you didn't actually find out until the last few pages. Always hoped there would be films or TV series. Patiently waited for Z, then heard Sue Grafton had died and left instructions,no one else was to write it on her behalf.

Elizabeth George - sorry, awful, derivative, over-contrived, clunky and inauthentic.

I read them when (and as) they first came out, and the earlier ones are great. They became less so towards the tail end. I thought X was pretty dreadful, and Y, sadly, so bad it was unreadable.

I often emulate her use of a paper towel instead of crockery. Kinsey was more or less my contemporary, so the books were wonderful escapism for me as a single parent bringing up my children in the English Midlands.

Oh yes, absolutely Sue Grafton is one of my favourite crime authors!
I love Sara Paretsky too, and Louise Penney's Three Pines.

I am listening to Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Allyn series, they are amusing.

Has anyone read Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley novels? They were televised in the 2000s. The books are good and the later ones deal with some harrowing issues.

I recently reread Andrew Taylor's Lydmouth series, set in post-war England. Very bleak with good character development.

Hi OP, great thread! I'm currently on H, and I'm going to check out the Maigret series to add to my queue.

I saw 'Kinsey Millhone' in your thread title and thought 'Hang on, was that the Sue Grafton alphabet series?'

What a blast from the past, I loved them! She was a feisty one, and I clearly remember her love of Quarter Pounders.

I remember when she died, her family released a statement saying something like 'To us the alphabet will always end in Y'. Aww.

Now I want a quarter pounder 😍

I'd been reading them from the beginning and she seemed to write roughly one a year. I'm still hoping Z had been written and is awaiting publication ! It was always a good day when i realised a new one was out and I have fairly recently gone back to A and reread them all.

Oh I loved these books, so easy to read and great stories.

Love them! I sometimes treat myself to a Kinsey style egg mayo sandwich, yum.

Yes, me too. Read them all, still have them because DH says he’ll read them 'one day'. I also enjoy the rather comforting sameness of them, though the fact that Henry and his siblings are so hale and hearty in their 90s seems a bit unlikely.

I think they went through a slightly dull patch about midway through but Sue Grafton pulled them back towards the end. So sad that she never managed to complete the series.

Love 'em, I think I got into them quite early on and always looked forward to the next one coming out.
There's nothing better than finding an author who's written loads of books.
Not the same, but Ellis Peters' Cadfael Books are great, and plentiful.

A terrific series, always worth a re-read for the detail.

Another fan & planning to re-read the series when I retire one day!

I've just reread them all - it was such a joy to go back to spending time with Kinsey! There was a definite shift in the later ones which were longer and more flashbacks to people involved in the crime earlier on - think I preferred the earlier ones.

I really liked how she kept them set in the 80's, even tho' she was writing much later at the end. So many things Kinsey had to do then would have been achieved in about 2 minutes with a quick google.

Also love Inspector Gamache...want to go on holiday to 3 Pines...