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J comme Jugement (1993)

par Sue Grafton

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Séries: Kinsey Millhone (10)

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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:2 cassettes / 3 hours
Read by Judy Kaye
Once again, Kinsey Millhone, America's favorite female P.I., embroils herself in a complex and entertaining Alphabet Murder Mystery.  
When Wendell Jaffe, mastermind of a real-estate scam, disappeared at sea, nobody was found.  Now, five years later, he's declared legally dead and California Fidelity has to pay up on his life insurance policy . . . to the tune of half a million dollars.  Soon after, the tune slides off-key when Jaffe is spotted in Mexico - and Fidelity hires Kinsey Millhone to sort things out.  Oddly enough, Kinsey's investigation of the con man's past triggers a surprising inquiry into her own family history,.  And, as the two stories intertwine, our favorite P.I. finds herself facing dangerous consequences.… (plus d'informations)
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Solid entry in the series. Investigation with Kinsey taking some silly chances at the beginning and the end, but the tension and danger levels are kept relatively low. This is more about the characters and how their lives are affected by the actions of a lousy businessman turned con man. Kinsey becomes a sounding board for most of them, including a murderer, though murder is not the driver of the story. On the side, Kinsey discovers she has cousins she never knew -- or wanted to know -- about. This is set in place but left for future books to explore.

Recommended for Grafton fans.
  ChrisRiesbeck | Apr 6, 2023 |
I love Kinsey Millhone. But she's not everyone's cup of tea. I started reading the Alphabet series a few years ago - I think at the time it was up to O is for Outlaw. The idea of a mystery series each title beginning with a new letter amused me. I don't know why. I don't think it's particularly original. At least - I've seen a few others since. At the time though it was new to me and it just struck me as perfect. I flew through the series. Kinsey is riveting. She's brash and harsh and charming. She's fierce and flawed. She gets scared. She holds her own. She pushes herself to run often and tackles cases without judgement and with an open mind. Rosie and Henry are brilliant and I love the little family she builds around her.

But Kinsey Millhone isn't Jack Reacher - her speed is more Tracy Crosswhite. [book:My Sister's Grave|22341263] Her cases aren't full of action and high speed chases - they're slowly nitpicking away until something clicks into place. She writes down all her thoughts and places her facts and ideas on 3x5 index cards - which she often shuffles and rearranges to help her solve her case. And I love it. Kinsey Millhone is great - but she's not for everyone.

For some reason I've seen reviewers compare this to Stephanie Plum - I don't know why - this is absolutely NOTHING like that. Stephanie Plum is a very different character and an extremely different type of book. That's more fluff. Kinsey Millhone is more procedural mysteries. And this series isn't current - it was first published in the 80's - there's not really technology. Messages were relayed by calling the landlines. Paper files were still the main form of storage. Not everyone will enjoy reading this. But if you like your mysteries to be more like procedurals with a determined and fierce character - Kinsey Millhone is for you.



Solid mystery. Lots of twists and turns. This is also the book in which Kinsey finds she has living family. A woman she meets while canvassing asks if she's a Kinsey from Lompoc. Kinsey is pretty anxious and unsure about being part of a family but she steels herself to at least do some research to find out. In the meantime though, her cousins get in touch with her. The whole story isn't revealed yet but the initial contact has been made. William and Rosie get engaged - or at least William proposes - not sure if Rosie says yes or not yet. Kinsey is her usual badass self. Struggling with her good angel/bad devil personality - hmm should I break in? Well...I've been so lawful up until my earlier break-in, so what's one more for the night? Lol.



3 stars. ( )
  funstm | Jan 28, 2023 |
Some major changes for KM in this instalment of the series. I can’t wait to see how the new direction is played out in the next part of the story ( )
  Vividrogers | Dec 20, 2020 |
***This is a project of re-reading Grafton's series -- I started reading these back in the 1980s and would read each release as they came out over the years. To prevent spoilers, I will not attempt to summarize in detail. ***

Kinsey is hired to investigate the re-appearance of a man originally declared dead for an insurance payout to the widow. This is also the one where Kinsey discovers she has family other than her deceased parents and the aunt who raised her. Re-reading this also reminded me how dangerous the 1980s could be — if you had car trouble you had to walk miles to the nearest gas station or pay phone, as Kinsey does. I‘ve had to do that too. ( )
  ValerieAndBooks | Oct 7, 2020 |
Wow. This was a really good one to sink your teeth into. We have Kinsey showing why she is really a good investigator and her also having to deal with changes to her professional life. I thought the writing was great as well as the flow of the book. The ending comes with a very nice gut punch too. What is great though is that some of these characters pop up in a later book.

In "J is for Judgment" Kinsey is asked to investigate if Wendell Jaffe is still alive. This is an issue because years ago, Wendell Jaffe disappeared, believed to die at sea. Too bad this happened before he disappeared after taking a lot of investors money with him. Kinsey works for an insurance company which is asking her to go where Jaffe is presumed to be hiding out (in Mexico) and get evidence he is still alive.

Kinsey ends up becoming wrapped in the lives of Jaffe's family (two sons and a wife) who struggled to go on after he was presumed dead. Now collecting the insurance money should help their lives out. And one of Jaffe's sons has a problem that really is going to need a lot of money to deal with.

Kinsey feels a lot more freer to me in this one. We get to see how she was able to track down Jaffe and how she went about tying all of the pieces together once she returns back to Santa Theresa. We still get updates on characters like Henry and Rosie. We also get a really good look at Kinsey's history. We know her Aunt Gin raised her, but now we get even more details that leads to more questions about her past for Kinsey.

I loved the writing and flow. Sometimes the flow can get dragged down when Grafton tried to juggle too many things, but this one was really well done.

I always love these books for being set pre-cell phone and computer age era (the 1980s). We see Kinsey using her brain a lot and her piecing things together with her notecards (or her deduction cards).

The ending was a surprise. We are led to one mystery with Kinsey giving us readers a partial answer. I am so sad we will never get to see Z is for Zero. But it's fun re-reading this series. ( )
  ObsidianBlue | Jul 1, 2020 |
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Pour Torchy Gray, en souvenir d'une amitié née à l'occasion d'un collage réalisé avec des haricots verts...par elle...et par moi.
Ecole normale du Kentucky, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1958
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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:2 cassettes / 3 hours
Read by Judy Kaye
Once again, Kinsey Millhone, America's favorite female P.I., embroils herself in a complex and entertaining Alphabet Murder Mystery.  
When Wendell Jaffe, mastermind of a real-estate scam, disappeared at sea, nobody was found.  Now, five years later, he's declared legally dead and California Fidelity has to pay up on his life insurance policy . . . to the tune of half a million dollars.  Soon after, the tune slides off-key when Jaffe is spotted in Mexico - and Fidelity hires Kinsey Millhone to sort things out.  Oddly enough, Kinsey's investigation of the con man's past triggers a surprising inquiry into her own family history,.  And, as the two stories intertwine, our favorite P.I. finds herself facing dangerous consequences.

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Une assurance-vie d'un demi-million de dollars versée à une veuve éplorée, un pseudo-défunt qui réapparaît sur une plage mexicaine, enfin une compagniïe d'assurances, la ' California Fidelity ', persuadée de s'être fait gruger ! Voilà les premiers éléments de l'enquête confiée à la célèbre détective californienne Kinsey Millhone. D'autant plus motivée qu'il y a quelques années elle s'est fait renvoyer sans ménagement de la ' California Fidelity ' par son odieux directeur, Kinsey traque la vérité avec entrain, de la Californie au Mexique... Mais elle tombe bientôt sur une drôle de surprise : une famille maternelle dont elle ignorait jusqu'à l'existence. Pas forcément agréable... Car comme dit Kinsey : ' Ce qu'il y a de pénible avec la mort, c'est que l'on n'y peut rien changer. Ce qu'il y a de pénible dans la vie, c'est que rien ne reste jamais comme avant. ' Et cette fois, ce n'est pas un vain mot !
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