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Sue Grafton's P is for Peril, the Pth [aka 17th] in the series of her alphabet books featuring PI Kinsey Milhone. It was my first encounter. The stories are told in the first person, from Kinsey's point of view, and the tale of the missing or deceased doctor and the unravelling of his past and two marriages and business life is nicely intertwined with Kinsey rather routine personal life. Entertaining, leaving one wanting to read the next one.
Sidney Sheldon's A Rage of Angels, recently available free from Amazon and elsewhere, was a 1980 bestseller. His career as a writer began as a screenwriter: The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer in 1947. This crime thriller concerns Jennifer Parker, who falls in love with two men -- one a Mafia crime lord, the other US Senator destined for the White House. For my taste, it was much too much like a TV movie; while full of plots twists, the writing itself lacks grace and charm, with little memorable for those "who love words". A breezy, if a bit predictable, summer read.
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