Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 7/10/2023 + 1032 more book reviews

I've had this book on my TBR shelf for so long...I've finally re-read the entire series in order and finished this one.
Took me a little while to get into it, for reasons unconnected with the book, but about mid-point I was absorbed. I figured out who was doing what in the blackmail case also about mid-point, and the Ned Lowe subplot was creepy. I didn't find Iris & Joey's POV sections to be as interesting as Kinsey's, but of course they weren't intended to be sympathetic characters.
Throughout the series I have often yelled at Kinsey not to be so clueless â and I think she often is â but I also think Grafton made her pretty consistent. And of course I'm on the outside knowing that I'm reading a mystery novel. But I gotta say if I were shooting at a pyschopath trying to kill me, I wouldn't stop until the gun was empty. And if I knew he was still out there after me, I wouldn't blithely lock my weapon away.
But, flaws aside, I liked this final entry. I would have liked more Henry. I liked the changes Kinsey has gone through. I guess we'll never know how Grafton intended to wrap up the series, but this is not a bad place to stop.

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