Kinsey Millhone should have done something else–she should have turned the car in the direction of home. Instead, she was about to put herself in the gravest jeopardy of her career.Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriff’s office–a tough, honest cop respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the townsfolk were saddened but not surprised: Just shy of sixty-five, Newquist … Newquist worked too hard, smoked too much, and exercised too little. That plus an appetite for junk food made him a poster boy for an American Heart Association campaign. Newquist’s widow didn’t doubt the coroner’s report. But what Selma couldn’t accept was not knowing what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life. What was it that had made him prowl restlessly at night, that had him brooding constantly? Selma Newquist wanted closure, and the only way she’d get it was if she found out what it was that had so bedeviled her husband. Kinsey should have dumped the case. It was vague and hopeless, like looking for a needle in a haystack. Instead, she set up shop in Nota Lake, where she found that looking for a needle in a haystack can draw blood. Very likely, her own.”N” Is for Noose: a novel in which Kinsey Millhone becomes the target and an entire town seems in for the kill.
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P.I. Kinsey Millhone has been hired to ease the mind of a widow. No one is questioning that Tom Newquist died of a heart attack, something brought on by his poor health habits. However, his widow, Selma, is convinced that something was bothering her husband in the last few weeks of his life, and she needs to know what that was. The problem is, she has no clue where Kinsey might begin to look, and none of Tom’s friends or co-workers in the Nota Lake Sheriff’s office are willing to speak ill of the man or have any clue what might have been bothering him. So Kinsey digs into his life, hoping to find some thread she can unravel. Was Tom hiding something? Can Kinsey figure out what it was?
Since this is a mystery, you know that Kinsey will eventually uncover something. The key word here in eventually. The first part of the book is very slow, and we are over a quarter of the way in before we begin to see evidence that there is something for Kinsey to uncover. However, the further it goes along, the more we get drawn in to another great mystery, and by the climax I was glad I had stuck with the book. We do get a little time in Kinsey’s native Santa Teresa, and it is nice to see the series regulars however briefly. Not that this book is lacking strong characters. The new cast are outstanding and help pull us into the story even before the plot takes off. While I don’t recommend this book as an introduction to the series, I think series fans will be thankful they stuck with the book until the end.
Passing time with Kinsey is always good!
Love the whole series
Kinsey Milhone is such a wonderful character. In this era of tech it is nice to go back in time where everything was done without computers. Great plots. If you love female PI stories, Sue Grafton hit the mark. RIP Sue.
I’ve read this entire series that she has written through W I believe. I have found all of them entertaining and Kinseycis like a family member after reading so many.
Easy to love and relate to. Love all her books.
I love everything written by Sue Grafton and this is no exception. Kinsey Milhone is such a like able heroine, I plan to read through the entire alphabet…again!
As with all that f Sue Grafton’s books LOVED IT!!!
Love this series
Love Sue Grafton!
I like Sue Grafton. It is amazing that she came up with so many unique stories with the same main character. Kinsey is indeed a character and she feels like an old friend with every book I read.
I like all the Sue Grafton Letter book series!
I love all her books!
I love all of her books.
Great read.
I have read all of Sue Grafton’ s books and highly recommend them. The characters and story lines are well developed and the writing is truly high-quality. Not all authors have such an excellent command of the English language.
Great read!!!
I love these books, either own or have borrowed every one of them. Kinsey is badass, but not unfeminine.
I love Kinsey Milhone and cried when Sue Grafton died because of course Kinsey died with her…
Another good story. Main character is believable and easy to relate to