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Title: Big Disappointment
Review: Like most Sue Grafton fans I was really looking forward to this latest installment in the Kinsey Millhone series. Unfortunately, this book was a big disappointment. Hundreds of pages were used to provide what I thought was background and setup for some great payoff to come. Alas, the kicker never came. Reading this book was like engaging in prolonged foreplay without the climax. Very unsatisfying. As another reviewer noted, Kinsey was inexplicably complacent throughout the drama. She abdicated control of the situation to a flighty, impulsive felon at every turn. The romance between Kinsey and an old acquaitance was pointless and the two lacked any kind of emotional connection. But that could be the nature of the characters. I now feel compelled to run out and buy another Dan Brown novel to get a fix of gripping suspense and intelligent intrigue.
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