One of the unique things about the series is that they have stayed in the 1980s, progressing a few months in each book. By the time Z is for Zero arrives Kinsey may have a cell phone. It is rare for a series to turn into historical fiction.
MWA named her a Grand Master in 2009. I won't list all the other awards. I will say Grafton is one of my favorite writers of P.I. short stories.
...and there aren't a lot of the short stories! In the '90's I regularly scoured the book racks in the truck stops for anthologies containing her stories!
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