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U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton. Narrated by Judy Kaye

The past can and will bite back as it does in Sue Grafton’s U is for. If you are doubting whether Sue delivers in her 21st Alphabet series you can Listen to a Sample of U Is For Undertow by Sue Grafton right here

Please ignore my “do not buy” scare! If you are a Sue Grafton Fan you know even before she prints that her work is first class. Do not bother reading this review because U is For Undertow is a must read or even better buy  U is For Undertow on Audio Book (if you have’nt already)

Synopsis – U is for Undertow.

April 1988, PI Kinsey Millhone soon realises the trouble he is in when an innocent looking gentleman strolls into his office without no pre arranged appointment. He turned out to be not just a college dropout but an unemployed twenty-seven year old dropout! This un-invited guest is actually suffering from an existing past traumatic memory. He believes he walked over the burial place of a young girl who had  apparently gone missing some twenty years later and was still an unsolved missing persons case.

Millhone is asked to investigate. Having done that Millhone hit’s the sweet age of 38 and as we know there is wisdom with grey headedness so it does not take long for Millhone to suspect the one who requests her PI services, Michael. The full truth is not yet been told but has something to do with “cry wolf”.  

Michael said he remembers the time when playing in the woods he noticed two men he did not recognise digging and burying something. His imagination ran as he wondered if they were actually burying Mary Claire. Michael then request and hires Kinsey to find out if his memories are accurate by reconstructing the past.

Working  as a private investigator takes up most of her time but does find little time to socialize with close knit friends that also includes her landlord, Henry who is now hanging on at eighty eight years old. Mary was abducted from home in Horton Ravine. Even though her parents were willing to settle the ransom by Mary’s new keepers, the ransom money was never collected and that was the last they heard of Mary.

Even though we are looking at number 21 to the Alphabet series it does read like a brand new series, it certainly lacks nothing. Its packed with all things good and you can expect all the trimmings of surprise and suspense one would expect from,  U IS FOR UNDERTOW.

Seamlessly moving between 1960s and the 1980s we see points of view changing as Kinsey tracks witnesses whose accounts of what happened seem to clash very often.
The author then slowly but gradually connects the dots in this complex and delightfully twisted, surprise packed thriller.

Sue provides us as readers or listeners with a touching glimpse into the early life of Kinsey. This helps to explains why she refuses to trust anyone thus remaining a loner.
It’s a mystery with loads of familiar elements, greed, selfishness, stupidity buried secrets and such.  

As you have realised by now Sue is a gifted storyteller and she pulls out the punches with “U is for Undertow” as her descriptive writing in this well constructed plot moves along swiftly. Grafton’s flashback are no gimmicks to just pad this story. They are key to deliver clarity to the tragic chain of events whose roots lie deep in the past. Kinsey has to do her research in telephone directories, the library, year books and such because Kinsey’s inquiries pre-date our technological revolution.

In those days is was tough to be a PI. This winning and talented author has certainly produced another winner. Grafton’s many devoted fans will not be disappointed with its memorable characters, historical themes and saving the best till last, its thought provoking psychology.

Sue Grafton – Author Bio.

Sue Grafton is the daughter of C. W Grafton famously know as a mystery writer and believe it or not a successful lawyer. Her first novel called “Keziah” was published in 1967. Sue Grafton began her television and Hollywood film writing in 1973 whilst completing her second novel “The Lolly-Madonna War”.

Her first mystery to feature Kinsey Millhone (private investigator), “A is for Alibi” happened in 1982. The successive installations in this series of novels begun with the following letters of our alphabet. The divorced Millhone lived alone and is a tough independent woman. She is a new breed of successful female detectives to spawn from the male dominated detective genre.

Her biography “G is for Grafton”, goes deeper into describing the detective Millhone far more than the creator even though it does do justice to the similarities the two share. Grafton’s two marriages yielded three budding writers. Millhone is based in the place Grafton has lived, Santa Barbara and it serves as a model for Santa Teresa (fictional town).

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