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    V is for Vengeance

    Written by Sue Grafton

    Narrated by Judy Kaye

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    About this audiobook

    The new Kinsey Millhone novel from the #1 New York Times- bestselling author.

    Kinsey on Kinsey: "I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first."
    -from V is for Vengeance

    A woman with a murky past who kills herself-or was it murder? A dying old man cared for by the son he pummeled mercilessly. A lovely woman whose life is about to splinter into a thousand fragments. A professional shoplifting ring racking up millions in stolen goods. A brutal and unscrupulous gangster. A wandering husband, rich and powerful. A spoiled kid awash in gambling debt thinking he can beat the system. A lonely widower mourning the death of his lover, desperate for answers that may be worse than the pain of his loss. An elegant but ruthless businessman whose dealings are definitely outside the law: the spider at the center of the web.
    And Kinsey Millhone, whose thirty-eighth-birthday gift is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eyes and a busted nose.

    V: Victim. Violence. Vengeance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateNov 14, 2011
    ISBN9780307704245
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    V is for Vengeance
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    Sue Grafton

    Sue Grafton was one of the most popular female writers, both in the UK and in the US. Born in Kentucky in 1940, she began her career as a TV scriptwriter before Kinsey Millhone and the 'alphabet' series took off. Two of the novels B is for Burglar and C is for Corpse won the first Anthony Awards for Best Novel. Sue lived and wrote in Montecito, California and Louisville, Kentucky.

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    • 4/5
      I loved this book. The plot was interesting. The characters were great and memorable. I loved Dante, and was rooting for him, even though he was a criminal. The story was an interesting one. Who would have thought a shoplifting ring could be so interesting. This is probably my favorite Kinsey book yet. I recently read U is for Undertow and loved that book too. I think Sue Grafton is getting better and better with each book.

      I received this book for free from the goodreads first reads program.
    • 4/5
      Kinsey is in Nordstrom's lingerie department when she sees a woman shoplift some clothing. She reports it to store staff which leads to the woman's arrest and Kinsey being almost driven over in the parking garage by the woman's female accomplice. When the arrested woman jumps off a bridge a few days later, her fiance hires Kinsey to find out if it was murder rather than suicide.As she starts digging, Kinsey discovers a huge gang of shoplifters at work across America with a particularly efficient group in California. Throw in a dirty cop named Len Priddy and events become complicated and dangerous for Kinsey. Another excellent detective yarn from the master.
    • 5/5
      BOTTOM-LINE:More characters, less Kinsey, but it works..PLOT OR PREMISE:Fantastic opening -- a gambler who hits a run of bad luck, and a loan shark who collects from his losing client pretty aggressively. Oh, and Kinsey apparently has two black eyes from trying to catch a shoplifter?.WHAT I LIKED:There is a LOT going on, with lots of characters running around, almost all of them obsessed with money. Angry cops, mobsters, gold diggers, cheating spouses, lock pickers, blackmailers, informants…it's complicated..WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:The story jumps around a LOT from person to person, and so it doesn't feel like a Kinsey story for good parts of the book, but it's not egregious..DISCLOSURE:I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media.
    • 3/5
      I usually enjoy these but this one was a miss for me. Too many different points of view in addition to Kinsey’s: a gambler, a rich unhappy wife, a gangster, etc. The plot focuses on a shoplifting ring and I never felt invested. Too little of Kinsey and her personal life and friends.
    • 3/5
      This installment was a bit of a departure from previous books in terms of style. Still good, but maybe not as good as previous outings.
    • 3/5
      I found this installment a bit slow to get into Grafton's usual enjoyable style. The beginning didn't seem to fit and its significance was lost to me for a long time.
    • 2/5
      I would have rated this higher, but for the return to idiocy of Kinsey, the detective. Throughout most of the novel, she acts rationally and as an experienced PI. In the end, Grafton has to "make things more exciting" but having her main character go brain dead: she rushes into a building about to raided by every Federal and State agency there is, then tries unarmed to run in between to guys shooting at each other "because she cares" about one of them. The chief Gangster punches her lights out to save her life. OK. Maybe he rattled some sense into her.

      Sorry---weak ending makes the novel less than it might have been.
    • 5/5
      Loved this!
    • 4/5
      I think this is my favorite Kinsey book yet! Liked the way the stories wove together and thought the character development was great. Also like that Grafton ended the book with a storyline that looks like it will continue on in the next book. I needed a read like this after reading some "heavier" books and it was the perfect choice.
    • 5/5
      The best Kinsey Millhone! At least up through V.
    • 5/5
      The best one in a long time. She changed her style of writing somewhat this time, her characters operate without interacting as much, their stories stay separate It works well for this story, and the resolution is gratifying.
    • 5/5
      Her books keep getting better and better. Can't wait for the next one :-)
    • 4/5
      Fabulous Narration! I have to admit that the parts of this book, and all of Grafton's, that work best for me are those where we follow Millhouse as she works her cases and interacts with a nice cast of characters we have come to love over the extent of the series. It's sad to think that there are only a few left. But then I say that about each successive book by Ms. Grafton. She never disappoints, and I am beginning to grow sad thinking that there are only four books to go before the final letter Z.
      Hopefully she will go on to Aa or A1, but if not then I will know I have been treated to one of the finest mystery writers of my time -- only equaled, in my opinion, by Dick Francis. They are both wonderful writers and it has been a pleasure to read their work.
    • 3/5
      I found this a bit slow to draw me in, but once it got going it zipped along to a satisfying finish. I'm looking forward to W is for...
    • 4/5
      I was delighted to discover a Kinsey Millhone story that I'd apparently missed! Wonderful, as usual. :)
    • 3/5
      A very informative read, about the theft rings in the U.S., around the 1980's. The story kept me going throughout my health problems.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the different points of view, as Grafton had Kinsey telling part of the story while two other characters relayed the rest. This kept the long-running series feeling fresh for me. I've been listening to audio books on my commute to and from work.
    • 3/5
      First Grafton book I can recall reading that combines other character's points of view with Kinsey's. Interesting. One ends up sympathetic to Dante, a gangster heir attempting to escape the role.
    • 4/5
      Absolutely awesome! This is the first author ever that I've enjoyed each title in the series even more than the previous one. I can only hope that statement conveys my highest esteem for Sue Grafton. Love her writing!!
    • 3/5
      V on the whole was pretty so-so. However, it definitely picked up in the end. This is kind of the formula for Grafton's series, however this novel's ending had a little more spunk and interest. I think Grafton often teeters on the breaking point of Millhone being witty and capable or snide and immature. I don't mind the latter, I don't need a cookie-cutter character. I just don't feel sufficiently connected to the character (for the most part) to want to deal overly much with it. Mainly because you have a lot of monotonous prose where Millhone/Grafton is saying, "I...," "I...," "I...," and you're kind of waiting for some interaction to break the coffee making, peanut butter & pickle sandwich feasting, and weirdly naive decision making lull. Then, though, there's a bit of a spark in some novels (and in the latter half of V) that picks everything up a pace and it's pretty interesting.

      I think my current favorite is U at this point but it did pay off to read this to the end and if you're picking up V you're probably one of the unfortunate series junkies out there who, like me, have to read a series to the end whether it's a big hit or a fumble. So you at least have something to look forward to.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this mystery and how the story lines come together
    • 3/5
      I liked this one. Wasn't sure, but it was good. Started out as a shoplifting ring but moved onto murder. Liked the intrigue between a husband and wife who are drifting apart or are they?
    • 4/5
      You can never go wrong with a Kinsey Millhone novel. That being said, I found that V is for Vengeance was slow paced.Too many characters, not enough KinseyOnce in a while, in the alphabet novels we're lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Kinsey's past or find Kinsey forging a significant bond with someone. This is not one of those novels. The many characters in this book make it hard to follow at the start and make you wonder how they're all related to each other. While Sue went in depth with these characters I thought that there wasn't enough Kinsey. However we find a very introspective Kinsey in this book and the quotes are brilliant like the one below:"Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone."All in all even though V is for Vengeance is slow paced, it's still a very good read. I just wish there would have been more Kinsey in it.I can't wait to read the next book in the series. Having read all the books in the series it's hard to believe there's only 4 books left before the end.
    • 4/5
      This is the 22nd book in the Kinsey Millhone Mysteries. The books are holding up, but the setting is lagging behind real time. The book mostly takes place in 1988, starting for Kinsey when she notices a small-time shoplifter. In the typical Grafton style, Kinsey gets wrapped up in the events and must look into things. The shoplifting leads her into a big-time racketeering ring. I have two complaints about the book, first is that Sue Grafton is moving the series away from traditional mysteries. Starting with the previous book, U is for Undertow, it seems to be moving more toward adventure, as the reader knows so much more about the crime than Kinsey does. The book wanders through three different plots that ultimately intertwine. But the reader cannot play detective and try to solve it as Kinsey does. The second issue is that Kinsey neglected to check surveillance tapes from the scene of the initial shoplifting. Although she had reason not to be interested in them initially, events changed and she seemed to forget about them for too long. It was a plot device to help build suspense, but in my opinion, was inappropriate. This did not detract from the enjoyment of the book. Overall, it is an enjoyable book and left me looking forward to the next installment.
    • 5/5
      Another great one from Sue Grafton. Each book gets better and better. I love all the characters (even the shady ones). Her descriptions and characterizations pull you so fully into the lives of Kinsey and her cohorts that they feel like real people you've known for years. I read a LOT, but there are only a handful of series that feel like a homecoming each time you crack open the newest book. Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone is definitely one of them.
    • 4/5
      Kinsey investigates the death of a shoplifter to find a much deeper organized operation. Well written.
    • 4/5
      My favourite Grafton book in a long time. Kept my interest.
    • 4/5
      I liked this one better than "U is for Undertow," but still not as much as some of her earlier works. Kinsey reports a shoplifter, who apparently jumps off a bridge after a night in jail.
    • 4/5
      Absolutely awesome! This is the first author ever that I've enjoyed each title in the series even more than the previous one. I can only hope that statement conveys my highest esteem for Sue Grafton. Love her writing!!
    • 5/5
      Her books keep getting better and better. Can't wait for the next one :-)