C is for Corpse
by Sue Grafton
Taste attributes: detectivemysterycrimeunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA grounded, small-scale detective novel: layered and unsavoury. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
C IS FOR CALCULATED How do you go about solving an attempted murder when the victim has lost a good part of his memory? It's one of Kinsey's toughest cases yet, but she never backs down from a challenge. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Callahan is lucky to be alive after a car forced his Porsche over a bridge and into a canyon. The crash left Bobby with a clouded memory.
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- Author
- Sue Grafton
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 250
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- Open Library
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