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Kinsey Millhone series: any fans?

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CharlotteRumpling · 17/02/2024 07:50

I have been going through a stressful time lately, and Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series has really helped. Anyone like them?

I love Kinsey's one dress wardrobe, her relationship with Henry, her terrible diet....

So sad the author died at Y.

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MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 21/02/2024 11:42

Terpsichore · 19/02/2024 19:26

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.

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.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 21/02/2024 11:44

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 😆

PuneorPlayonWords · 21/02/2024 12:27

Floralovesflowers · 18/02/2024 07:59

Yes I loved them, Kinsey was such a great character.

I was waiting and waiting for Z to appear then read on MN that she'd died, such a shame.

I've just started the James Patterson Women's Murder Club series which has got off to a promising start, there's 20 years worth so hope they continue to be a good read

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.

EmpressaurusOfTheScathingTinsel · 22/02/2024 09:41

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

cansu · 22/02/2024 09:49

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.

haggisaggis · 22/02/2024 09:56

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.

EmpressaurusOfTheScathingTinsel · 22/02/2024 10:38

haggisaggis · 22/02/2024 09:56

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.

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/

Sue Grafton Alphabet Series

Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Book Series To Get TV Adaptation By A+E Studios

A+E Studios has landed the exclusive rights to #1 New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton's alphabet book series featuring private investigator protagonist Kinsey Millhone.

https://deadline.com/2021/10/sue-grafton-kinsey-millhone-alphabet-book-series-tv-adaptation-ae-studios-1234850816/amp/

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