Helpful Score: 4
This was a very good book. The story takes many twists and turns as the PI Kinsey Millhone is asked to help find out who the teenager Jane Doe was that was stabbed and dumped in a quarry and never identified.
This book was inspired by a real case in Santa Barbara, California.
Very easy and enjoyable reading on many levels. The main character Kinsey is funny, and quirky. She tells you about her life as she works on her case.
This book was inspired by a real case in Santa Barbara, California.
Very easy and enjoyable reading on many levels. The main character Kinsey is funny, and quirky. She tells you about her life as she works on her case.
Helpful Score: 4
Hard to put down this book! The writing gets better with each book, and the storyline in this one is based on a real story. There are twists and turns that you don't anticipate, even if you've read the other books in this series and are familiar with her writing style.
Helpful Score: 3
Another memorable story in a much-loved series.
Helpful Score: 2
Rock Solid!
Bonnie A. (ladycholla) -
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Very good, Kinsey Milhone good as usual.
Helpful Score: 2
You'll get hooked on this series of mysteries! Her book titles start at A and go through the alphabet.
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed this book just like all the books in this series about Kinsey Millhone, a private detective. This one has her trying to solve a cold case of a Jane Doe who has never been identified.
Helpful Score: 2
This is a fun page turner that can be read in the course of a few evenings.
Helpful Score: 2
If you like Kinsey Millhone, you will like this one. Even her 85 year old hunk of a landlord, retired baker Henry and his irritable older brother having a romance with the elderly bosssy Hungarian Rosie, the owner/chef of Rosies cafe and her "Hunglish". A lot more about Kinseys family and background. Not as tight as other Graftons
Helpful Score: 2
As always, Sue Grafton is fantastic, typical Grafton read, if you like the author, you like these books
Helpful Score: 1
Another outstanding Kinsey Milhone mystery.
Patty J. C. (theblue-greenlight) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 66 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Cold case - An 18 year old homicide is investigated. Good story.
Helpful Score: 1
One of the my favorites in the Kinsey Millhone series.
Helpful Score: 1
Another great "read". She does her sleuthing, while I read enthralled.
Helpful Score: 1
Eighteen years ago, the bound and decomposed body of a young white female was found near a quarry off California's Highway 1, but the case was never solved. Now, the two men who found the body are nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement and want one last shot at the case. Being old and ill, they hire Kinsey Millhone, a woman private eye, to do the legwork for them. They would be happy even just to identify the victim, but the search turns out to be dangerous.
This is one book in the alphabetically-titled series featuring Millhone. She is smart, independent, tough, yet vulnerable, and funny. I like to imagine her as a younger version of the author, whose picture is on the dust jacket of this book.
This is one book in the alphabetically-titled series featuring Millhone. She is smart, independent, tough, yet vulnerable, and funny. I like to imagine her as a younger version of the author, whose picture is on the dust jacket of this book.
Helpful Score: 1
good and light reading with the usual style of Sue Grafton
Helpful Score: 1
My favorite Kinsey Milhone mystery to date-- it had some good interactions with her extended family, a real-life mystery behind it, and a compelling storyline.
Helpful Score: 1
A really good book to a really good detective series.
Helpful Score: 1
love all her books.. not really a cozy.. but GOOD !!!!
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This book was very different from the rest in the series because it was based on a true story. Very enjoyable.
Helpful Score: 1
I really like Sue Grafton and this was a great book.
Robin M. (robinmy) -
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Another winner from Sue Grafton. Good mystery.
Helpful Score: 1
My first time reading a Sue Grafton book - very enjoyable - good descriptive writer - she draws you in
Helpful Score: 1
Q in the alphabet series by Sue Grafton. Kinsey Milholn meets grumpy old men to solve a cold case. I enjoyed it more than the last few.
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a decomposed body discovered in California. Kinsey Millhone, Sue Grafton's detective, is pursue the killer. Great book.
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This was a great mystery! Kept me guessing all the way to the end!
PI Kinsey Millhone at her greatest! Quick read - finished it in two days.
PI Kinsey Millhone at her greatest! Quick read - finished it in two days.
Helpful Score: 1
another great Grafton story-- Kinsey always gets into some trouble, and yet finds her way out. Nice to see recurring characters too
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Felt a little slower than her other books, but still a good read. Based on a true story.
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Another one of her great novels.
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Always fantastic, I have the entire series and collect extras to give to friends.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a really good book, it is based on a true murder, and police have never identified the girl or caught her killer. Also, it has a picture of what she would look like.
Katherine T. (KathyDawg) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 121 more book reviews
easy read from Grafton
I have only begun on Grafton's series about Kinsey Millhone and this wasn't a good one, by page 70 it was so boring I couldn't stay focused on the pages, she just describes everything under the sun and then the sun too.
By 50 pages the story should be getting a grip on you and keeping you ready to sit on the edge of your chair waiting for the thiller to get better but this one just doesn't even move at a good rate---just a slow rate.
Not giving up on her series because I've read some good reviews about them but this one is just boring.
By 50 pages the story should be getting a grip on you and keeping you ready to sit on the edge of your chair waiting for the thiller to get better but this one just doesn't even move at a good rate---just a slow rate.
Not giving up on her series because I've read some good reviews about them but this one is just boring.
Everybody's favorite female-author-female-lead mystery series, right? It's hard to beat Sue Grafton and Kinsey Millhone, a private detective in Santa Teresa, California.
Spunky and fun. Back in 1969, many young people were hitting the road and disappearing. Many are killed. 18 years later a Jane Doe appeared and Kate Millihone is called for help.
Excellent,I enjoy all her books.
Josephine B. (loveangel) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 148 more book reviews
the spunkiest detective novel
The worst of grafton's alphabet mysteries.
Kinsey Millhone is trying again to solve a mystery murder. Sue Grafton again has written her alphabet mystery and its good as usual.
Another great Grafton novel!
Another one of the 'alphabet murder' books - great as usual
I have yet to meet a Kinsey "Alphabet" book that I didn't like. I recommend starting at the beginning and working your way through. If you enjoy a good mystery with a bit of thrill that makes you think, then you'll love this series.
Christie H. (craftychicken) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 5 more book reviews
This is a very good book, but I like the whole series.
One of my favorite authors - Can't think of anything but reading when I'm reading her books.
Kathy B. (FrenchProf) -
I'm a great fan of Sue Grafton. It is amazing how fresh and interesting her books are even so far into the alphabet.
this is part of the Kinsey Millhone series
Sherri B. (sharalsbooks) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 259 more book reviews
Decent installment that is actually based on a true unsolved crime. I enjoyed the sparring between Lt. Doyle and Detective Olyphant. They remind me of "The Odd Couple."
Great book in the continuing series. Lots of great red herrings and twists in this one!
Grafton departs from her usual formula to include facts from a real case, an unsolved homicide from August 1969 in Santa Barbara County, CA. She succeeds in mixing the known facts with her vivid imagination to form a tight, cohesive story and a darned good read.
Classic and fun mystery from Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mystery Series. They don't have to be read in alphabetical order - just enjoy!
Georgiann H. (ladyshortyg) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 33 more book reviews
Is a story about an old unsolved murder that two retired cops want to solve before they die.
Sheryl O. (Everett-Reader) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 216 more book reviews
Good murder mystery, New York times bestseller.
4 stars out of five - another Grafton bestseller.
Two policemen out hunting discover a teenage girl's body near a quarry off California's
Highway 1. Eighteen years later, the two recruit Millhone to help them try to identify the
victim. Stacey Oliphant, now retired from the force, and Con Dolan, unwillingly sidelined by
heart trouble, are as quarrelsome as an old married couple, but they both desperately want
to find the killer in the quarry case. Their inquiries lead the trio from Santa Teresa to
Quorum, a town in the desert near the Arizona border. At the time of the murder, a wrecked
red convertible was found near the crime scene-stolen from an auto shop in Quorum. When
Millhone and her cohorts talk to the grumpy shop owner, Ruel McPhee, and his charming son,
Cornell, they get little information. Visits around town and probing conversations reveal
various family secrets and covert liaisons, until the somewhat precipitous unmasking of the
killer. Grafton briefly shoehorns in Millhone's interactions with her lost family And a
marvelously successful addition is the twosome of Dolan and Oliphant. Their deftly rendered
relationship is a delight; with any luck, the duo will appear in future Millhone mysteries.
A main selection of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club and Mystery Guild, and a BOMC
featured selection.
Two policemen out hunting discover a teenage girl's body near a quarry off California's
Highway 1. Eighteen years later, the two recruit Millhone to help them try to identify the
victim. Stacey Oliphant, now retired from the force, and Con Dolan, unwillingly sidelined by
heart trouble, are as quarrelsome as an old married couple, but they both desperately want
to find the killer in the quarry case. Their inquiries lead the trio from Santa Teresa to
Quorum, a town in the desert near the Arizona border. At the time of the murder, a wrecked
red convertible was found near the crime scene-stolen from an auto shop in Quorum. When
Millhone and her cohorts talk to the grumpy shop owner, Ruel McPhee, and his charming son,
Cornell, they get little information. Visits around town and probing conversations reveal
various family secrets and covert liaisons, until the somewhat precipitous unmasking of the
killer. Grafton briefly shoehorns in Millhone's interactions with her lost family And a
marvelously successful addition is the twosome of Dolan and Oliphant. Their deftly rendered
relationship is a delight; with any luck, the duo will appear in future Millhone mysteries.
A main selection of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club and Mystery Guild, and a BOMC
featured selection.
I LOVE Sue Grafton. Im my opionion, this is another one of her best. I alwaya read these as fast as I can getthem. Great Book.
You always will look forward to the next book in this series. Kinsey Milhone is unforgettable.
A body is found in a quarry. 18 years later it is still not identified and Kinseyis hired to find out the identity.
This is my favorite of the alphabet Kinsey Millhone books.
Stephanie W. (BamasBoutique) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 37 more book reviews
I have read all Grafton books and like them all
She was a Jane Doe whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. Detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bund with a lenght of wire, there were multiple s tab wounds and her throat had been slashed. After months the case remained unsolved. The two men who found her body 18 years ago getting ready to retire one last shot on the case. Old and ill they need somone to do the leg work for them. They turn to Kinsey Millhone.
She was a Jane Doe whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. Detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bund with a lenght of wire, there were multiple s tab wounds and her throat had been slashed. After months the case remained unsolved. The two men who found her body 18 years ago getting ready to retire one last shot on the case. Old and ill they need somone to do the leg work for them. They turn to Kinsey Millhone.
More Sue Grafton, and since this is a re-read for me, I guess it's safe to say, "YES! I liked it."
This is the 2002 Hardback addition to Sue Grafton's detective thriller fiction series....Riveting read, hard to put down.
Explosive !
Explosive !
Sue is a master mystery writer.
Enjoyed another Alphabet book. Good quick entertaining reads.
"Inspired by a still unsolved murder in Santa Barbara County over thirty years ago, Sue Grafton weaves a compelling and suspenseful story.
Her well paced plot is filled with clever twists and turns, vivid, laugh-out-loud scenes, and witty and irreverent dialogue. But it's Ms Grafton's brilliant characterizations and delicious descriptions that really make this novel stand out and sparkle, and no one does it better." amazon review
Her well paced plot is filled with clever twists and turns, vivid, laugh-out-loud scenes, and witty and irreverent dialogue. But it's Ms Grafton's brilliant characterizations and delicious descriptions that really make this novel stand out and sparkle, and no one does it better." amazon review
Typical Grafton story, enjoyable. (Hard Back)
Good story
In 1969, a couple dissappears, and 20 years later, the girl found dead at the time is still an unsolved case. Unfortunately for the detectives, their involvement in the case really heats up, as things are uncovered.
This is a beautiful gift copy.
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1 in 1969. Surely someone has the key or some knowledge of this murder out there. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved.
That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job.
But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
Eerily as of the writing of this book the Jane Doe's murderer has not been found. A forensic sculptor was brought in in an attempt to identify Jane Doe. Sadly, this is based on a true story in Santa Barbara , California. The author Sue Grafton heard about this unsolved murder and became involved.
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1 in 1969. Surely someone has the key or some knowledge of this murder out there. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved.
That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job.
But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
Eerily as of the writing of this book the Jane Doe's murderer has not been found. A forensic sculptor was brought in in an attempt to identify Jane Doe. Sadly, this is based on a true story in Santa Barbara , California. The author Sue Grafton heard about this unsolved murder and became involved.
Sue Grafton's alphabet books are the best. Love reading them all.
Another of Grafton's alaphet series.
Molly M. (freeverse071681) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 609 more book reviews
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved.
That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job.
But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
Q is for Quarry is based on an unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, and Grafton's interest in the case has generated renewed police efforts. During the past year, the body was exhumed and a nationally known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction that appears in the closing pages of Q is for Quarry. Both Grafton and the dedicated members of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department are hoping the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification.
On the day Jane Doe was reburied, many officers were at the gravesite. "It's eerie," Grafton writes, "to think about the power this woman still has. Here we are, thirty-three years later, and she still wants to go home."
That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job.
But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
Q is for Quarry is based on an unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, and Grafton's interest in the case has generated renewed police efforts. During the past year, the body was exhumed and a nationally known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction that appears in the closing pages of Q is for Quarry. Both Grafton and the dedicated members of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department are hoping the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification.
On the day Jane Doe was reburied, many officers were at the gravesite. "It's eerie," Grafton writes, "to think about the power this woman still has. Here we are, thirty-three years later, and she still wants to go home."
She was a "Jane Doe" an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stabwounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the case remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now, the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to do the legwork for them, and they turn to Kinsy Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued with the challenge wand agrees to work with them. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends ina high-risk hunt for her killer.
Her consonants tend to be better than her vowels, but her obstuerants tend to be better than her sonorants.
Kinsey Milhone investigates the history of a Jane Doe.
Dorothy C. (pussinboots60) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 56 more book reviews
back in 1969 a lot of young people were hitting the road and disappearing. more than one of them wound up dead, including the girl in daisy patterned pants who was found in a quarry off highway 1 in lompoc the victim of multiple stab wounds
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone has served Sue Grafton well through 16 letters of the alphabet in a perennially popular series that occasionally breaks new ground but more often traverses familiar territory, as is the case here. Two old, ailing cops--one retired, the other disabled--try to breathe some life into an 18-year-old mystery that haunts them both for different reasons. They enlist Kinsey's help in identifying the victim, a young woman who was murdered and left for dead in the old quarry of the title. Neither they nor Kinsey expect that reopening an old case will incite the killer to strike again--not once, but twice. And while the real case of the still-unidentified victim that inspired this fictionalized scenario continues to languish in the cold case file in the Santa Barbara sheriff's office, Grafton's solution is as plausible as any. While the unlikely trio of Millhone and her cranky geezer sidekicks offers a few chuckles, the inner reaches of Kinsey's soul remain largely inaccessible to her as well as to the reader, which will probably not bother most of Kinsey's or Grafton's many admirers.
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone has served Sue Grafton well through 16 letters of the alphabet in a perennially popular series that occasionally breaks new ground but more often traverses familiar territory, as is the case here. Two old, ailing cops--one retired, the other disabled--try to breathe some life into an 18-year-old mystery that haunts them both for different reasons. They enlist Kinsey's help in identifying the victim, a young woman who was murdered and left for dead in the old quarry of the title. Neither they nor Kinsey expect that reopening an old case will incite the killer to strike again--not once, but twice. And while the real case of the still-unidentified victim that inspired this fictionalized scenario continues to languish in the cold case file in the Santa Barbara sheriff's office, Grafton's solution is as plausible as any. While the unlikely trio of Millhone and her cranky geezer sidekicks offers a few chuckles, the inner reaches of Kinsey's soul remain largely inaccessible to her as well as to the reader, which will probably not bother most of Kinsey's or Grafton's many admirers. --Jane Adams
Back in 1969, a lot of young people were hitting the road and disappering. More than one of them wound up dead-including the girl in daisy patterned pants who was found in a quarry off highway 1 in Lompoc, the victim of multiple stab wounds. Eighteen years later, she's still a Jane Doe-and the cops who found her are still haunted by the case. Anxioud to solve it, but no longer in their prime, the turn to Kinsey Millhone for help. If nothing else, they'd just like to I.D. the body. But this ice coldw case heats up more quickley than they expect. And for Kinsey, it will lead to a lot of dangerous discoveries-incluing some about her own past...
Back in 1969,a lot of young people were hitting the road and disappearing. More than one of them wound up dead-including the girl in daisy-pattered pants who was found in a quarry off Highway 1 in Lompoe,the victim of multiple stab wounds. Eighteen years later,she's still a Jane Doe-and the cops who found her are still haunted by the case. Anxious to solve it,but no longer in their prime,they turn to Kimsey Millhone for help. If nothing else,they'd just like to indentify the body. But this ice cold case heats up more quickly than they expect, And for Kinseyit will lead to a lot of dangerous discoverirs-including some about her own past.
Back in 1969, a lot of young people were hitting the road and disappearing. More than one of them wound up dead - including the girl in daisy-patterened pants who was found in a quarry off Highway 1 in Lompoc, the victim of multiple stab wounds. Eighteen years later, she's still a Jane Doe and the cops who found her are still haunted by the case. Anxious to solve it, but no longer in their prime, they turn to Kinsey Millhone for help. If nothing else, they'd just like to identify the body. But this ice-cold case heats up more quickly than they expect. And for Kinsey, it will lead to a lot of dangerous discoveries - including some about her own past.
Linda A. (Springfieldreader) reviewed Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 17) on + 458 more book reviews
Back in 1969, a lot of young people were hitting the road and disappearing. More than one of them wound up dead-including the girl in daisy-patterned pants who was found in a quarry off Highway 1 in Lompoc, the victim of multiple stab wounds. Eighteen years later, she's still a Jane Doe-and the cops who found her are still haunted by the case. Anxious to solve it, but no longer in their prime, they turn to Kinsey Millhone for help. If nothing else, they'd just like to identify the body. But this ice-cold case heats up more quickly than they expect. And for Kinsey, it will lead to a lot of dangerous discoveries-including some about her own past...
Back in 1969, a lot of young people we hitting the road and disappearing. More than one of them wound up dead---including the girl in daisy-patterned pants who was found in a quarry off Highway 1 in Lompoc, the victim of multiple stab wounds. Eighteen years lter, she's still a Jne Doe---and the cops who fund her are still haunted by the case. Anxious to solve it, but no longer in their prime, they turn to Kinsey Millhone for help. If nothing else, they'd just like to identify the body. Bt this ice-cold case heats up more quickly than they expect. And for Kinsey, it will lead to a lot of dangerous discoveries---including some about her own past...
I have not personally read this book. I am not a big fan of this series. My mother read it and passed it on to me. She seemed to really like it.
