V is for Vengeance

I just finished V is for Vengeance, by Sue Grafton. I’ve read them all, starting at A, which is quite a feat. I’ve put down Janet Evanovich after #5 and Robert Parker’s Spenser, after I don’t know what number. I couldn’t get through Robert Ludlum’s later books (the ones actually written by him) and I stopped Patricia Cornwall when her mysteries became more romances. So, as I think about it it’s quite astonishing. The only other authors that come mind that I’ve read every book they’ve written are Ed McBain and Thomas H. Cook. Not even Michael Connelly falls into that category. So congrats, Sue.

But that is first of two points I want to make. The second is that Sue is actually the daughter of C. W. Grafton, who was also a mystery writer. I’ve read Beyond a Reasonable Doubt by C.W. Griffin and really enjoyed it. Written in 1950, it was the last of the four books he wrote. Unfortunatelly, he died four months before A is for Alibi was published. That is sad. He would have been proud of his mystery author daugher.

I love finding out things about people that take you to other places. I don’t know how I found out about C. W. Grafton’s relationship with Sue Grafton, but I find it intriguing. I wonder why there are so many actors whose children go into acting but so few authors whose offspring take up writing. There are some, but not many that I can think of.

So, maybe, if any of you have favorite parent/children authors, you could let me know who they are. I’m always ready to expand my reading horizons.

By the way, if you like Sue Grafton you’ll like V is for Vengeance. She’s got an easy to read writing style and a good character in Kinsey Millhone. I hope she’s got an idea after she finishes Z. Numbers? Double letters? Nursery rhymes, like her father used?