I read a couple of them years ago but was not moved to seek out any of the other twenty-four.

Sue Grafton is the author of the “A is for Alibi”, “B is for Burglar” series of murder mysteries featuring Kinsey Millhone. You can find the article I read HERE – do read it, it’s great stuff. I compare self-publishing to a student managing to conquer Five Easy Pieces on the piano and then wondering if s/he’s ready to be booked into Carnegie Hall. … Self-publishing is a short cut and I don’t believe in short cuts when it comes to the arts. To me, it seems disrespectful… that a ‘wannabe’ assumes it’s all so easy s/he can put out a ‘published novel’ without bothering to read, study, or do the research. I happened on this the other day and I must say that it seems to me the most arrogant piece of nonsense I have ever come across. If you haven’t read any of the JET books, read it first. If you have read any of the JET books, read Ops Files next. JET: Ops Files has no number because it is the much-needed and long-awaited prequel to the original story JET, which kind of started off in mid-air. I mean, it is the identification with Maya – the ultimate kick-ass super-woman – that makes each book so unputdownable and the series so addictive.

Because, in a nutshell, there is less Maya: there is more hopping to other (frequently depressing, extremely bad guy) points of view, when all the reader wants (or at least all this reader wants) is to stay with Maya throughout the story. Which was bit disappointing judged by the high standard set in this series four stars rather than five. Then, later, came JET V: Legacy, another 5-star thriller if ever there was one. It was when JET IV: Reckoning first came out that I discovered Maya and this series, and read JET I, II, III and IV straight off, back to back.

Jet by russell blake