Sue Grafton, a mystery writer who is from Kentucky, was the primary mystery writer honored at the Triangle Sisters in Crime January meeting Saturday, 11Jan2020. Via the Yankee Auction I received S is for Silence, a Kinsey Milhone mystery.
Right away I read with pleasure Ms. Grafton's skill in giving her characters distinctive voices. Her victim, Violet, is a floozy who sounds like she's from Kentucky.
The mystery is set around Santa Teresa, California. While the characters all have distinctive voices that are a pleasure to read, I'm not certain I know California well enough to say they all have California voices. Interesting and I need to reflect about the technique.
I'm not certain they need California voices.
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