Customer Reviews:
 One of her best yet! May 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sue Grafton continues her "alphabet mystery" series with this book, which follows Kinsey Millhone as she tries to rescue her elderly neighbor from a deviant caregiver. This book is told from the villain's perspective interwoven with Kinsey's, which works perfectly to give that spine-chilling feeling throughout.
The elder-care-giver, "Solana," is a very believable, if evil, character.
She combines her wicked streak with an almost endearing naivete about the middle-class and upper-class life that she covets. It is clear to the reader why she does what she does, and what she values.
Kinsey is as we love her - always looking out for her cute ex-boyfriends and a QP with cheese. She is right in character down to her attraction to a miniature trailer as a potential back-up home. Henry, William, and
other favorite characters also have roles in this story.
I thought that Grafton had flagged a little bit in the quality of "R" and "S" so I picked up this book more out of habit than eagerly. However, it might just be the best one yet! The story moves smoothly and quickly, and does a great job of wrapping up various related and unrelated loose ends. I loved the introduction of the Peggy Klein character, and her role as well. It is nice to read a book that harks all the way back to 1987 (ha ha) before things like caller-ID and internet searches.
Grafton put together a very compelling storyline that touches on identity theft, elder abuse, child abuse, and other significant issues. The book is also entertaining and touching in parts. Altogether, an excellent read!
 t is for tresspass May 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sue Grafton continues to be a master mystery story teller. She also is innovative, changing from third person narrative to first person story from Kinsey, a tecnique not found in her previous work. She interlaces the mundane work of a private investigator with a chilling, and true to life, tale of the exploitation and abuse of the elderly. Must reading for anyone with elderly relatives.
Page Turner May 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
T for Tresspass by Sue Grafton is a page-turner. The author has cleverly created a plot around likable senior neighbors and a private investigator named Kinsey Millhone. The plot thickens with a crafty identity theft. A fast track New Yorker and an interesting bird's eye view of perennial scammers living around town are thrown in.
This is a very timely novel. We have an ever increasing number of our population needing assistance in their later years. The days of caring for our elderly within the family nucleus are gone. Families are employing droves of outside help, mainly strangers, for their loved ones. In most cases, minimal background checks are done. In many cases this results in physical and emotional abuse as well as theft of monies and family valuable.
I suggest to every family thinking of hiring outside help as a caregiver to read this novel. T for Tresspass is very eye opening. Sue Grafton is a master at story telling.
Gunta Krasts Voutyras
 T IS FOR TOUGH April 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What happend to Kinsey?
Not one of my favorites. Great ending but it took way toooo long to get there.
Don't really care for the new format. It was useful in Silence but not necessary to highlight a lowlife. Kinsey's innate talents can tell us about her adversaries quite capably.
Errant husbands, bad lawyers, miss understood pedaphiles, lousy landlords, vandal tennants, identity theft, insurance fraud, elder abuse, was there any other cause she missed this book?
Missed her humor. Missed her contacts. Robb, Dolan, Cheney (although mentioned really not there), her family.
Love Henry glad he had a major part. AND WHERE IS DIETZ!!! All these people help to make Kinsey. She needs them. Hope they reapppear in U is for ....
Disappointed April 17, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have read and pretty much enjoyed every book in this series and eagerly awaited the latest installment.
While I admire Ms. Grafton for taking on a very important but, largely ignored, subject - elder abuse; I felt the book was very slow moving and not engaging like the prior ones.
I do give plaudits to the author for maintaining the older setting (the late '80's), but felt there were far too many topical references ( did your kids ever have play dates in the 80's like the one in this book?)
Overall, I am very disappointed and would not recommend this book by one of my former favorite authors.
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