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Availability:In StockContributor:Martha GrimesSeries:Richard Jury MysteriesPublish date:1992-01-22Pages:304
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780345374561ISBN-10:345374568UPC:9780345374561Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Thrillers, Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:Suspense, TraditionalSize:6.85 x 4.20 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.33Product ID:SCE9G47YXC
"The author keeps us enthralled with the rich interior and exterior lives of her characters in this emotionally stormy family saga."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
When Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury is drawn into a brief affair with a troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth, her subsequent death makes him a suspect in her murder. Unable to leave London, Jury sends Melrose Plant, eighth Earl of Caverness to the Lake District to pry open the Holdsworth family's locked box of secrets. Plant does what he is bidden, in his own particular style, and what he uncovers is a shocking sheaf of surprises about the death-prone Holdsworth clan and its growing number of orphans....
"As always, Grimes' characters are gems, and her writting is as witty as ever."
USA TODAY
Selected by the Literary Guild and the Mystery Guild
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
When Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury is drawn into a brief affair with a troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth, her subsequent death makes him a suspect in her murder. Unable to leave London, Jury sends Melrose Plant, eighth Earl of Caverness to the Lake District to pry open the Holdsworth family's locked box of secrets. Plant does what he is bidden, in his own particular style, and what he uncovers is a shocking sheaf of surprises about the death-prone Holdsworth clan and its growing number of orphans....
"As always, Grimes' characters are gems, and her writting is as witty as ever."
USA TODAY
Selected by the Literary Guild and the Mystery Guild
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780345374561ISBN-10:345374568UPC:9780345374561Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Thrillers, Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:Suspense, TraditionalSize:6.85 x 4.20 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.33Product ID:SCE9G47YXC
Martha Grimes is one of the few authors left carrying on the British detective mystery tradition, and doing it well. Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury and sidekick Melrose Plant continue to enthrall readers with their clever, darkly humorous crime-solving careers.
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