12.'E' Is For Evidence Sue Grafton
13.'F' Is For Fugitive Sue Grafton
You know, suez, the problem I had with Grafton's books is that they're *too* precise - Kinsey Milhone's cases come at an actual time and date. The trouble is that it takes longer for the author to write the books than it does for the character to solve the mystery. I think they were in sync at the beginning, but time is elapsing.
It's been awhile since I read the last Grafton, but as I recall, Kinsey was stuck in the 1980's and Grafton is writing in 2007 (or thereabouts).
I contrast it with the Perry Mason mysteries, where things are deliberately left vague. So now, even today, (in my opinion) the Mason mysteries can still be generalized to the current time.
(Except for all the smoking. And the change of society's attitudes towards and about women. And the casual acceptance of what would be considered police brutality today... um, maybe I spoke too soon.)
