Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: The least effective of Grafton's "alphabet" series

I am a fan of Grafton and her fictional detective, but she has failed with "Noose". What makes Kinsey Milhone and her adventures so compelling is the great cast of characters that Grafton has developed. Let's face it -her plots have never been that complex. In this book,e.g., the culprit was telegraphed from almost the moment he entered to everyone apparently but Kinsey. The problem here is that the book largely takes place away from Kinsey's home base, and the regular characters are brought in only incidentally. The new characters in the remote town are one-dimensional. So Ms. Grafton, get Kinsey back home where she belongs.