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 enlarge | Author: Sue Grafton
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
Buy New: $7.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  188 reviews
Sales Rank: 108638
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
ISBN: 0425224848
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425224847
ASIN: 0425224848
Publication Date: November 25, 2008 (In 87 Days)
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Not yet published
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 T for Terrifyingly Terrific July 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a real page turner, so don't start reading it just before bedtime. Grafton tackles two hot issues: identity theft and elder abuse. The ease with which identity theft is accomplished in this latest novel will make all of us a bit nervous about our own identities and just who may have borrowed them. And we will probably be a bit concerned about what will happen in our own old age. Unsettling ideas in an excellent plot.
 Over-hyped July 7, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Have been reading Sue Grafton since "A," so I obviously really like her writing; it's hard to wait between books. However, "T is for Trespass" was really over-hyped as being harder-edged and taking Kinsey in a different direction. The book was fine, it just wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Gripping - I couldn't put it down July 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As with all books in this series, it is set in the 1980s, yet it feels completely relevant to today. Even after 20 books, Grafton keeps the character and situations fresh and nothing feels recycled. It is all story - no padding as you may find with other writers like Evanovich.
Kinsey's elderly cantankerous neighbor, Gus Vronsky, needs some home nursing help. Enter Solana Rojas, a woman who systematically strips the old man of his confidence, dignity, his possessions and ultimately, potentially, his life. The book was sometimes written both from Kinsey's and Solana's perspective, which worked very well.
Kinsey cannot get the authorities to act, and the frustration leaps from the page. Anyone who has ever dealt with bureaucracy in a similar situation will empathize.
There was one main storyline in this, unlike her earlier works which sometimes have multiple threads. I prefer the multiple storylines, yet this book was so strong it was impossible to put down. It was so plausible, and unlike the other books, could happen to someone we love, neighbor, or even ourselves.
I am a Sue Grafton fan, and I consider S for Silence her best S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries). Maybe that is because I liked the little bit of romance in "S". T for Trespass is a very different book, and quite frightening as it is probably happening all around us, but as a book absolutely gripping once you get into it.
Kinsey is still a loner, living a solitary life. I find that aspect probably the least appealing. She doesn't have the complications of relationships, having ditched her boyfriend between S and T, which makes her a little one dimensional. Her closest relationship is still the friendship she has with her landlord and neighbor, the 80 something Henry, and Sue Grafton writes the older characters very well.
Definitely worth the cover price, and a story that will stay with you for a very long time. I'll never look at home nursing care in the same way again.
T Is For Tantalizing July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kinsey Millhone fans will not be disappointed. Nor will first time Sue Grafton readers. This is a good book that captures and holds the attention. In fact, the last quarter of the novel is so strong and superbly paced that it is impossible to put the book down.
I've read all the books in the series thus far. I'm impressed that Grafton never resorts to cliche or rests on the laurels of previous works. Each entry is different, fresh, unique, yet always consistent in its voice and characterizations. And this book is scary! I was royally entertained the entire time.
Can't wait for the next one.
Grafton Won't Let You Down July 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sue Grafton's 20th book in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, T is for Trespass, takes place in Santa Teresa, California, and artfully alternates between the view points of private investigator Millhone and con-artist Solana Rojas. Rojas snags a position as caregiver to Millhone's elderly neighbor Gus. Rojas has secretly held the same job under other aliases in the past and not only murdered her patients but emptied their estates. Millhone is asked to do a background investigation on the woman and while she first sees nothing out of the ordinary, she soon realizes that by saying Rojas was clean she had "unwittingly put a noose around Gus Vronsky's neck" (p.125).
Grafton's characters are believable and complicated. It is interesting to read Solana Rojas' justification of events. The reader comes to see how wicked, twisted, and evil she really is. Rojas becomes so engrossed in her stolen identity that she seems to forget she's anyone else and shows no conscious or remorse for those she is scamming. I found her incredibly frightening.
Kinsey Millhone is easy to relate to. She loves her job as a private investigator and is good at what she does, yet she is much deeper than that. She is an avid runner, yet she can't stay away from a quarter-pounder with cheese. She wants to keep away from her cute ex-boyfriend cop because she wants much more but can't help herself from secretly longing for him. I enjoyed uncovering clues about the true Rojas as Millhone discovered them, and feeling her frustration, excitement, and worry as the plot unfolded.
T is for Trespass is slow to begin with, but once the characters begin to unfold and their paths cross it is impossible to put the novel down. The prose is detailed yet easy to read and understand. The plot is well laid out and pleasingly unpredictable. Grafton does not let her fans down.
by Jennifer Melville
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
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