U Is for Undertow

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In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned …When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man – Michael Sutton – contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a weird and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh’s body …But Michael’s account is misty – he was only six years ancient at the time of the kidnapping; and even members of his family tree try to discredit his evidence. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael’s recollections. And even when what is eventually unearthed isn’t what anyone expected, she can’t reasonably let go of the case. As Kinsey gradually brings to light the tales of the protagonists involved in the tragedy, from Country Club parents to their free-living, hippy children, the truth finally starts to emerge. And while stepping back into the past, Kinsey discovers more about her own history too.Amazon.com Review

Robert B. Parker and Sue Grafton: Leader One-on-One
In this Amazon exclusive, we brought together blockbuster authors Robert B. Parker and Sue Grafton and questioned them to interview each additional.

Robert B. Parker’s wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser has earned him a devoted following and wide critical acclaim. Parker also writes the bestselling Jesse Stone novels and has ongoing a new series of Westerns featuring two guns-for-hire, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Read on to see Robert B. Parker’s questions for Sue Grafton, or turn the tables to see what Grafton questioned Parker.

Parker: Tell me about you and Kinsey Millhone and the tie between you.

Grafton: Kinsey Millhone is my alter ego, the woman I might have been had I not married young and had children. She’s younger, thinner, and more courageous than I, but a excellent companion nonetheless. Since she can know only what I know, I’ve taken classes in criminal law and self-defense. I’ve studied police procedure, private eye procedure, toxicology, ballistics, and crime scene investigation. Beyond that, the prime agreement between us is that I don’t tell her, she tells me. When readers question what she’ll be doing after Z is for Zero, I assure them I haven’t the faintest thought.

Parker: Clarify your writing process (e.g., I get up in the morning, have a martini to get my heart going…).

Grafton: I take a 5.4-mile walk five days a week, so my writing schedule is regularly dictated by the weather. If it’s too hot or too cold, I walk first thing in the morning, come home, shower, dress, and reach my desk at 9:45 or so. I work until lunch, when I take a fleeting break, returning to my desk until mid-to-late afternoon. If I haven’t done a morning walk, I walk when my work is done. Then I drink.

Parker: You’ve spent time in Hollywood. Tell me about that.

Grafton: I refer to that period of my life as “doing one to fifteen in Hollywood.” I loved it at first, as dazzled as anyone who hasn’t figured out yet how treacherous life there can be. As I’ve said on previous occasions, I learned two things about myself in Hollywood: one, I’m not a team player; and two, I’m not a excellent sport. The producers I met were well-educated and articulate, and usually offered me a cup of coffee before they set in to savaging my work. I got too ancient and cranky to place up with that, so I invented Kinsey Millhone as my way out. I associate it to digging my way out of prison with a teaspoon.

Parker: Do you read reviews? Pay attention to them? Find them helpful? Have an opinion on them?

Grafton: Where possible, I avoid reviews. The excellent ones only encourage swell-headedness and the terrible ones hurt my feelings or infuriate me. In either case, by the time reviews appear, the book is written and out on the stands. What’s a poor girl to do? There’s no point in subjecting myself to the reactions of readers and reviewers, since their response is nothing I can control.

Parker: People sometimes question me why I write what I write, and I answer, “Because that’s what I know how to do.” (Then they say, “Would you please stop?” but I’m sure they’re just kidding.) Talk about why you write what you write.

Grafton: I write what I write because when I place in my application for a position at Sears, they never got back to me. I’m still hopeful, especially with the Christmas season coming up. Aside from that, I write what I write because when the work is going well, it makes me more pleased than just about anything except my kids and grandkids. When the work is not going well . . . which is maybe thirty-five percent of the time . . . I know it’s my job to sit patiently and keep at it until I figure out what’s incorrect. In large part, writing is the only thing I know how to do.

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