Sue Grafton takes the mystery genre to new heights with this twisting, complex #1 New York Times bestseller that draws private investigator Kinsey Millhone into a case shrouded in the sins of the past.Looking solemn, Michael Sutton arrives in Kinsey Millhone’s office with a story to tell. When he was six, he says, he wandered into the woods and saw two men digging a hole. They claimed they were … They claimed they were pirates, looking for buried treasure. Now, all these years later, the long-forgotten events have come back to him—and he has pieced them together with news reports from the time, becoming convinced that he witnesses the burial of a kidnapped child.
Kinsey has nearly nothing to go on. Sutton doesn’t even know where he was that day—and, she soon discovers, he has a history of what might generously be called an active imagination. Despite her doubts, Kinsey sets out to track down the so-called burial site. And what’s found there pulls her into a hidden current of deceit stretching back more than twenty years…
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Sue Grafton did not disappoint again.
I’ve read every book in this series. Everyone one of them is excellent. I would recommend them all in this series. She was such a great writer
All her books are fantastic
I love this series! I have read all the books to date. I would recommend them all!
I don’t know when I first started reading the Kinsey Millhone series, but I was hooked by A IS FOR ALIBI, and have enjoyed the subsequent series enormously. It takes a lot of work and talent to write one successful book. But to have produced twenty-six really good reads is amazing.
I hadn’t read Sue Grafton for a long time, but I happened to be in a doctor’s office recently when I noticed U IS FOR UNDERTOW sitting on the floor under a chair. I picked it up and was immediately hooked. For those of you reading this now who want to be writers, pick up this book and read the beginning, then study it. It is a prefect example of how to hook a reader.
Now I am not really a reader of mysteries, but I left my doctor’s appointment dying to know what happened next, so I immediately bought it on Amazon and read it in about a day. This novel is about a character who may be suffering from an implanted memory. Or he might be telling the truth. At the beginning, it’s really not clear which, but Kinsey Millhone is determined to find out, and there is a very dramatic scene at the end in which she saves someone’s life. Which I won’t say more about so as not to spoil the story.
In any event, because the protagonist of this story is so unreliable, Ms. Grafton has to layer in other people’s points of view, so that the reader can make sense of what is going on. Again, if you want to write yourself, study these passage carefully as they are a good example of how to use this technique successfully. (Many new writers find this hard to do right).
If you love mysteries, read this book! Five stars. #suegrafton #uisforundertow
I love all of Sue Grafton Books they are a easy read and I laughed a lot also
Incredible writer. We have lost a great writer and story teller.
Loved this book. Sue Grafton never disappoints and is never predictable.
Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone and her world are well-crafted. I’ve read all her books to date, including the final one, Y, finished prior to Sue’s death.
I love all of Sue Grafton’s books!
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 loved the entire alphabet series!
Great book. Great series.
Love Sue Grafton
As all of her “alphabet mysteries”, this one kept me riveted and in suspense unto the very end. Marvelous Storyteller!
Good for light reading
Love Kinsey!
What’s not to like about Sue Grafton? Her books are always entertaining, well written and just plain good reading
All Sue Grafton books are great reads!
Sue Grafton has done it again with this interesting tale of the disappearance of a woman in the 50’s. The story is carefully crafted and the pieces of the puzzle are revealed chapter by chapter. Great read and very well done.