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N is for Noose (Kinsey Millhone #14)
by
Sue Grafton
"Suppose we could peer through a tiny peephole in time and chance upon a flash of what was coming up in the years ahead?" The questioner is Kinsey Millhone, middle-aged, two-time divorcee detective and junk food junkie star of Sue Grafton's popular "alphabet" mysteries; the book is 'N' Is for Noose. If Kinsey had had just a smidgen of foresight, she wou...more
Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages
Published
March 29th 1999
by Fawcett
(first published January 1st 1998)
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I honestly didn't find this book too memorable. The parts that stick out to me are the relationship with Dietz and the small town she investigates her mystery in. I found the relationship with Dietz sort of soured for me in this book. And as for the town Nota Lake - how they treat her is something that speaks to that deep fear in a person. When she tries to buy gas at a gas station and they just pretend she isn't there - the writing in that scene haunts me a little bit. I think anyone who has be...more
DISCLAIMER... Kinsey Millhone is my favorite character ever and I couldn't find fault with a Sue Grafton book even if the alternative was a root canal. Having said that, it should come as no surprise that I loved 'N'. I read 'M' in a pre-published form so it's been nearly two years since I've had a chance to visit with Kinsey - way too long. She picks up a client who's husband is quite dead by natural causes (heart attack). But, the wife wants to know what was bothering him before he died. See, ...more
I think I like Kinsey more as the series goes on and I'm probably stuck with this series up til 'Z' now, providing Grafton manages to take her all the way there. After reading several of the early books in quick succession I got rather burnt out but I've been going steadily since about 'H' and I think the books are all the better for it.
Although this book begins the second half of the series little has really changed since 'A' but I don't especially want it to. For much of this book Kinsey is
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Poor Sue Grafton! Such a good idea to come up with a book for each letter of the alphabet, but by the time she got to the unlucky thirteenth it was M for Motions, Going Through The. I bet she wished she could hurl Kinsey Millhone down the Reichenbach Falls.
What she does seem to have done is take a different tack. In this fourteenth in the series she takes her heroine away (mostly) from her habitat on the southern California coast and up into the forests of the Sierra Nevada. There'...more
What she does seem to have done is take a different tack. In this fourteenth in the series she takes her heroine away (mostly) from her habitat on the southern California coast and up into the forests of the Sierra Nevada. There'...more
Sorry, I'm a nit picker!
First let me say I love the Alphabet Series. Kinsey Millhone is one of my all time favorite characters. As in many similar series, I picture the the main character as the author. (Think Michael Connelly/Harry Bosch. Or Patricia Cornwell/Kay Scarpetta.) I really dig Sue/Kinsey! I think of her as Nancy Drew for big girls.
HOWEVER....I have this bad habit, I guess, of noticing errors in books and it drives me nuts. I often wonder how books make it to...more
First let me say I love the Alphabet Series. Kinsey Millhone is one of my all time favorite characters. As in many similar series, I picture the the main character as the author. (Think Michael Connelly/Harry Bosch. Or Patricia Cornwell/Kay Scarpetta.) I really dig Sue/Kinsey! I think of her as Nancy Drew for big girls.
HOWEVER....I have this bad habit, I guess, of noticing errors in books and it drives me nuts. I often wonder how books make it to...more
In a way, N is for Noose doesn't quite deliver what I expected upon completion of the excellent M is for Malice. M, which involved Kinsey Millhone in a story that developed Kinsey's personal story far more in one installment than any since A is for Alibi, pointed her fans toward several interesting possibilities. Between the return of Dietz, the interesting dynamic between Kinsey and Guy Malek, and hints that Kinsey might be ready to become more involved in the lives of her cousins, I thought ...more
I been making my way thru Sue Grafton's alphabet series for several years, but I've been on hold for many months. I didn't have the "N" book. After reading several unsatisfying books lately, I decided it was time to reacquaint myself with one of my favorite private investigator characters--Kinsey Millhone. I broke down and put out the effort to get "N is for Noose" from the library. I would probably give this specific story 3 stars, but I was just so happy to be back in ...more
N is for Newquist, Tom Newquist, who was found dead of a heart attack on the side of the road. Tom worked for the police department and was working a cold case when he died. His wife is certain that there was something really bothering him, which caused his demise, so she hires Kinsey to investigate and find the truth. Kinsey soon finds herself in a very small town, where it seems everyone is related to someone else, and past histories influence current events.
I enjoyed my visit t...more
I enjoyed my visit t...more
N is for Noose is another great addition to Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone mystery series. Kinsey finds herself taking a strange case of having to figure out what was troubling a detective before he died of a heart attack. The man's wife hires Kinsey for her own peace of mind. What should have been a simple case turns into everything but as Kinsey finds herself in danger once again. The problem occurs when Kinsey finds herself threatened even before she has any idea of what was going on in To...more
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I was definitely in the mood for some Kinsey Millhone and really enjoyed this book. Some of the things she thinks really make me laugh!
"... I'm not that good at relationships. Get close to someone and you've given them the power to wound, betray, irritate, abandon you or bore you senseless. My general policy is to keep my distance , thus avoiding a lot of unruly emotion. In psychiatric circles, there are names for people like me."
"... With verbal reports, much ...more
"... I'm not that good at relationships. Get close to someone and you've given them the power to wound, betray, irritate, abandon you or bore you senseless. My general policy is to keep my distance , thus avoiding a lot of unruly emotion. In psychiatric circles, there are names for people like me."
"... With verbal reports, much ...more
"Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office - a tough, honest copy respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the townfolk were sad but not surprised. Just shy of sixty-five, Newquist worked too hard, drank too much, and exercised too little.
Newquist's widow, Selma, didn't doubt the coroner's report. But still, she couldn't help wondering what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life. What was it that had made him prowl restlessly at nigh...more
Newquist's widow, Selma, didn't doubt the coroner's report. But still, she couldn't help wondering what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life. What was it that had made him prowl restlessly at nigh...more
I really like Kinsey, I have all of Sue Grafton's Books on tape. I just finished N. Mary Peiffer makes Kinsey come to life. I don't mind that she is stuck in the '80s...I just have to remember that when I wonder why she just doesn't have a cell phone.
I am on O now. Just started and the reader sounds like a drag queen.
I don't know if Sue Grafton has a say in who she has read her books, but, she really blew it on the reader.
What I like about the alphabet book...more
I am on O now. Just started and the reader sounds like a drag queen.
I don't know if Sue Grafton has a say in who she has read her books, but, she really blew it on the reader.
What I like about the alphabet book...more
So glad this book is over! One of the worst books I have ever read. The characters were flat and nearly unemotional. There was absolutely no plot. The story just drug on indefinitely. This was no page turner. Ugg now I have to read the next few because someone gave them to me. There is no way I would ever spend my money of any of these books. This book is something that you just endure and get it over with, not enjoy. I almost felt like it was taking off a bandaid, you just have to get ...more
Another good one....had no idea who the villan was until the end. Good Job!! If you have ever traveled the 395 and stopped along the way in the little towns like Lone Pine, Big Bine etc. You will find yourself comparing those towns to Kinsey's adventure. You will draw upon the scenery and feel of those towns.
In this adventure Kinsey is asked to find out what was on the mind of a well respected and liked shrieff who died of a heart attack. He had not been himself prior to his death and his...more
In this adventure Kinsey is asked to find out what was on the mind of a well respected and liked shrieff who died of a heart attack. He had not been himself prior to his death and his...more
(one review for series) ***** for the first book because I like the series enough to last till about R, now want more to find new authors, and finish another year. The rest get 3-4* because I cannot remember my favorites. I like strong, brave females who make choices and deal with consequences successfully. I like mysteries. I like funny eccentric, her odd sandwich and cute old landlord choices. Southern California feels warm and dry on a long cold Canadian winter. She always seems to go alone i...more
These "alphabet novels" are nothing short of perfect mystery. Grafton's cleverly crafted characters will stay with you long after you are finished reading the books. Kinsey Milhone, her landord/best friend, Henry and all the others seem so much like real people it is hard to imagine a world without them. I was on the edge of my seat with all the twists and turns, never forseeing what was coming next. I felt that each novel, as Grafton advanced through the alphabet, improved in ever...more
Sue Grafton always satisfies. I believe I've read this Kinsey Millhone story some years back, but now I'm trying to read them in order and I am up to "N". This one takes place mostly in Northern California in a mountain community where nobody trusts the newcomer and everybody in town seems to have everybody else's back. Which makes Kinsey's job harder, and all the more fun. She goes back briefly to her own seaside town of Santa Teresa, but the mountain questions draw her back where...more
The unfinished business left by Detective Tom Newquist's untimely death brings Kinsey Millhone out to Nota Lake on a case that will put her life in jeopardy. Kinsey takes on the case of a widow who is convinced her husband died under mysterious circumstances and that the entire town is covering up for the murderer. What Mrs. Newquist and Kinsey don't realize is that the murderer is closer than either would dare suspect but any observant reader will probably realize fairly early on.
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The good news. Kinsey is an independent soul. The bad news. Kinsey is an independent soul. Wow. She is fearful of pain and death, but she wants to catch the bad guy and earn her pay more than catering to her fears. In this one she has to go against an entire town of unfriendly folks who refuse to sell her gas for her car and shun her. Despite this, and the police department and the sheriff too are suspiciously unhelpful, she uncovers two murders. Which makes her next on the murderer's list. Cool...more
Have read the whole series up to now. My mother and I have read them together, and we both have enjoyed them very much. I really like Kinsey Millhone. I was quite a bit older when I got married for the first time, so I can appreciate her "singleness." I liked my "singleness" too. I realize that the character has been married a couple times, but she is good at picking up her pieces and moving on. I like the new characters she introduces, and I especially like Henry and R...more
i was surprised to find that i hadn't read this kinsey milhone novel, because i have read just about all of them. i found it to be better than some of the previous ones--more crisp and sharp. this one takes place away from santa theresa--sort of like a breath of fresh air, though there is at least one scene with her geriatric landlord Henry, his brother William, and his wife, the irasible Rosie.
what a difference--reading Sue Grafton after PD James!
what a difference--reading Sue Grafton after PD James!
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Not the best of the Kinsey Milhone chronicles. This story takes place in a mountain community and there is no much for motive in the crimes. The usual elements are present, Kinsey gets mugged, many suspects are present, several red herrings. Not bad, but not as hot a page turner as some of the other Kinsey adventures. I guess, no noose is good noose. Unless you are trying to do the complete the whole series leave this one out.
I really like this series. Kinsey is a great character full of attitude and spunk. This story was a little convoluted and had me guessing all the way to the end. I enjoy how Kinsey doesn't let herself get hung up in the details of the drama going on around her and remains focused on the case. Looking forward to the next story. I will be curious to see where Sue Grafton takes this series when she reaches the end of the alphabet...
I listen to these books in the car on my long commute. Kinsey Milhone is a great driving companion, and Sue Grafton makes me laugh. I liked this particular story, although the characters weren't as well developed as Grafton's usually are...and I saw the ending coming from a mile away. The widowed client is becoming a sort of typical character for Grafton, but still amusing. These books are like listening to a funny friend recount kooky stories that don't require you to think much. Perfect for a ...more
Kinsey's "babysitting" Dietz as he recovers from knee surgery. She doesn't deal well with too much togetherness and so she takes on one of his cases - why a sheriff died unexpectedly. Well, not why he died as much as what he was doing right before he died that made him so uptight and antsy for a month or more. And the more she digs, the more she wonders about hsi heart attack...
I started reading this series over 15 years ago and they have been competently written throughout and while there was a dip in quality around 'P' or so, it is back up to snuff. Kinsey has changed in some ways over time, as you would expect given her aging, but also remained true to her values. Not getting irritating either, which is a risk for this type of series.
This was a likeable enough story, but it was not one of those stories that I just couldn't put down. It did not exude the amount of excitement that I was hoping for. I may read some of the others in the alphabet series since a friend has loaned them to me, though. Not a great read, but okay if you are just looking for an easy going, easy-to-read detective story.
Grafton is in great form and I thoroughly enjoyed this work. Kinsey is on her way home from Nevada (Dietz) and takes what on the surface appears to be simple job. Find out what was bothering a respected local sheriff before he died of a heart attack. However, nothing is ever as simple as it sounds as Kinsey learns, again.
I like this series because they are a light read. You don't have to think too much. I get frustrated with the series sometimes because I like to try to beat the clock and solve the mystery before the end. In some of her books, Grafton doesn't supply all the necessary information until the end, so you can't 'play the game.'
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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2003.
Family History:
Father: C.W. Grafton, born 1909, third son of Presbyterian Missionaries, born and raised in China, educated Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina; practicing attorney in Louisville, Kentucky w...more
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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2003.
Family History:
Father: C.W. Grafton, born 1909, third son of Presbyterian Missionaries, born and raised in China, educated Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina; practicing attorney in Louisville, Kentucky w...more
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