“An inventive plot and incisive character studies elevate MWA Grand Master Grafton’s twenty-fourth Kinsey Millhone novel…This superior outing will remind readers why this much-loved series will be missed as the end of the alphabet approaches.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss…Perhaps Sue Grafton’s darkest and most chilling … kiss…
Perhaps Sue Grafton’s darkest and most chilling novel, X features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this deadly sociopath. The test is whether private investigator Kinsey Millhone can prove her case against him—before she becomes his next victim.
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Great as usual. I’m almost finished with the series. She creates characters you can care about.
I did not care for this book. It took to long for the story to develop past the mundane.
I love the Kinsey Milhone books and this one doesn’t disappoint
Have read all of her books
I’ve read some of her books and she always delivers a great good book
so sad it was the last book in the series. Some of the books weren’t as good as others, but she finished strong.
Very good, typical of Grafton. Too bad she didn’t get to finish he series.
Kinsey Milhone has to be one of my top 5 heroines! She’s quirky, her friends and neighbors are quirky and she’s a dang good P.I. Love Sue Graftons books!
The language throughout was very offensive.
Boring
The fact I am reading X shows I have stuck with this series and it’s main character, Kinsey Millhone, and am therefore a fan. While it clearly goes against all the forces in the universe to not start at the beginning of a series, I suppose, if you absolutely had to, you could read these in any order, but why would you?
In X we find Kinsey in something of a dry spell workwise so she gets involved with helping a friend prepare for an IRS audit. She also gets a call from a potential new client who had been recommended by a friend.
However, as always with these mysteries nothing is ever as straight forward as it first appears.
The majority of the book covers the investigative process and there is little action but the writing is concise and I’ve always liked Kinsey’s voice. She’s no nonsense and resourceful.
There is the continuing background home life too (a strong reason for starting from the beginning of the series) and with the current drought conditions in Saint Teresa, Henry, Kinsey’s landlord, and friend, is making every effort to conserve water. New neighbours have moved in who soon enlist Henry’s help with every little thing they need but Kinsey is not so easy to persuade and soon discovers there is more to Edna and Joseph than they all realised.
A well known series this is an obvious one to recommend but despite what I said above I’d advise you to start at the beginning, A is for Alibi. Sadly, I only have Y to go and how I wish that wasn’t the case.
Any Sue Grafton novel is definitely worth the read.
I got this Audio book from the library. Great book plenty of twist and turns.
It has been awhile since I read the last book in this series and this one reminded me of how much I love Kinsey and the supporting characters in the books. Can’t wait for the next book in the series.
Kinsey and Sue forever in my heart .
Great finish to the alphabet series. Like everyone I’m sorry to learn of Ms. Grafton’s passing. No “Z” to come is fitting.
The entire Sue Grafton series is one of my favorites.
Sue Grafton’s “ABC” series is great. You follow the female detective over a period of time. You also like her landlord who is a “character’ himself.
I have enjoyed this series since the beginning! Each mystery has twists and turns and it is fun to get reintroduced to the continuing characters.
I wish the alphabet were longer, I hope this series continues after Z!