X Book 24 in The Alphabet Series

Author Sue Grafton
Re-print Edition Published in August 2016
Publisher is G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Available in eBook, Audio, Hardcover, Paperback (528 pages) & Mass Market
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I read letter X in eBook format and it is the second book in The Alphabet Series that I have read. A for Alibi was first published in 1982 and the series grew from there.

The following review was originally posted on Goodreads: January 2023.

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I confess that I am not reading the books in The Alphabet Series in alphabetical order. I enjoy Kinsey Millhone’s character. One of my draws in picking up book 24 in the series was a curiosity about “X”. Is it X marks the spot or x-ray? What is X?  The books in the series all say this letter is for . . . “A is for Alibi” for example, but not this book. This book is just “X”. So, as I read, I kept waiting for something to suggest what X is for. At first, I thought it might have something to do with Father Xavier and then I thought there would be something earth-shattering with Teddy and Ari Xanakis. However, book 24 is just “X” with a few characters whose names have an X in them. Regardless, I enjoyed the read. The pace speeds up nicely toward the end. “X” reads like a spiderweb of clues that eventually leads to a mostly satisfying conclusion; I say “mostly” only because of the potential to see one of the bad guys again.

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