Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017)

[Cathbad]

No, she wasn't a Sci-Fi or Fantasy author; she wrote mysteries. And she is one of my favorite all time authors.

There has been a lot of discussion of the First-Person POV on this site. if you want to know how to do it right, read its Master - Sue Grafton. Her P.I., Kinsey Millhone, will be sorely missed.

Ms. Grafton wrote 25 Millhone novels, each with an alphabetical title, starting with A is for Alibi, and ending with Y is for Yesterday. She died after a battle with cancer, and her husband reports she never started that 26th 'Z' novel.

'Y' came out in August. I haven't read it yet. So, if you'll forgive me, I need to go procure a copy.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

One of my favorite mystery novelists.

It's wrong, somehow, to have made it all the way to Y and not to Z. How could that be?

 

[Cathbad]

It's wrong, somehow, to have made it all the way to Y and not to Z. How could that be?

Somebody will write it. I'd suggest Carolyn Hart to her husband.

 

[Brian G Turner]

I hadn't read anything by her before, but had just picked up W is for Wasted as part of my expanded thriller reading. Sad news.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

You should really start a bit further back in the alphabet. It's not necessary to read them in order, but there are character arcs that have some fairly drastic changes by the later letters.

 

[Ursa major]

It's wrong, somehow, to have made it all the way to Y and not to Z.

According the BBC's news report on her death, her

series of murder mystery novels, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, have been translated into 26 languages

which may go some way to make things better for the completists amongst you.

 

[Brian G Turner]

You should really start a bit further back in the alphabet. It's not necessary to read them in order, but there are character arcs that have some fairly drastic changes by the later letters.

I figured that might be the case, but I wanted to read what I thought might be her at her height. I'd just planned to dip in rather than read everything - unless I really enjoyed this book.

 

[Lew Rockwell Fan]

One of my favorite mystery novelists.

Mine too. Right up there with Stout & McDonald.

 

[logan_run]

r.i.p

 

[Danny McG]

r.i.p

Yeah, I've got those three as well