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In the new mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series, MWA Grand Master Martha Grimes brings London''s finest and "the Filth" together on a double-homicide case that involves Kenyan art, rare gems, astrophysics, and a long-fermented act of revenge

For waitress and cub reporter Emma Graham, tragedy defines where she lives. Spirit Lake, La Porte, and Lake Noir have been held in thrall by intertwined crimes: the murders of Mary-Evelyn Devereau, Rose Queen, and Fern Queen; the supposed kidnapping of a four-month-old baby from the Belle Ruin hotel twenty years previously; and, most recently, the attack on Emma. And with the arrival of an unexpected visitor and a drifter, it looks like the bad times have only begun...

Featuring the two novellas: The Train Now Departing and When “The Mousetrap” Closes “Full of suspense and surprise. These carefully written little gems showcase Grimes at her best.”—Library Journal “Grimes has created a work of value here, a book that expands her art, her reputation—and possibly her audience.”—The Richmond-Times Dispatch “Atmospheric and chilling…Grimes [exhibits] a complete mastery of emotional nuance and [a] virtuoso treatment of the grayest coloration.”—The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) “Intelligent…Merits applause.”—The Toronto Star “As atmospherically evocative as [an] Edward Hopper painting.”—The Washington Post “An a cappella novella, each note strong and noncompetitive.”—Los Angeles Times “Grimes once again demonstrates her keen eye for character. Both of these languidly paced novellas focus on middle-aged women who long for respite from their narrow, disappointing lives and find it, at least temporarily, in the company of a man…Thoughtful, compelling, even dark stories—for readers more inclined toward investigating emotions than searching for armchair adventure.”—Booklist

There is ?suspense on every page?(Cleveland Plain Dealer) in this follow-up to Biting the Moon? now available in paperback. In Martha Grimes?s acclaimed novel Biting the Moon, amnesiac drifter Andi Oliver sought the one man who held the key to her past. Now, Andi continues from one small town to the next, surviving the dangerous expanse of the Western plains, until she finds her mission?and menace?in Dakota. Taking a job at Klavan?s pig farming facility, Andi learns the gruesome truth of modern livestock management. As she begins to uncover the even darker secrets about Klavan?s sister facility, Big Sun, a stranger from her past comes to the surface? demanding information of which Andi has no memory.

Over the course of three nights, Harry - a stranger who sits down next to Jury one night in a London pub - spins a complicated story about a good friend of his whose wife, son and dog disappeared over nine-months ago during a house viewing in Surrey. There has been no trace of them and no clue as to what happened. But the dog has come back. Dumbfounded, Jury wonders if Harry Johnson is just winding him up. Or did it really happen? When Jury investigates, all seems to be just as Harry described it. Until he finds the body...

L''affaire de l''escalier Richard Jury, célèbre commissaire de New Scotland Yard, rencontre, par l''intermédiaire d''un ami commun, Tom Williamson. Ce dernier le supplie de rouvrir un vieux dossier : celui de son épouse, Tess, découverte sans vie, seize ans plus tôt, au pied de l''escalier de leur manoir du Devon. À l''époque, la police avait conclu à un vertige ayant entraîné sa chute. Cependant, Williamson est intimement persuadé qu''elle a été assassinée et qu''un lien doit être fait avec le décès d''une petite fille, survenu dans leur jardin quelques années auparavant... Ce jour-là, cinq autres enfants du voisinage étaient présents. Mais, alors que Jury tente de les retrouver pour reconstituer les faits, deux meurtres ont lieu quasi simultanément dans la région. Toutes ces morts, si éloignées soient-elles dans le temps, seraient-elles liées ? Au terme d''une enquête qui emprunte autant à l''art des faux-semblants d''Hitchcock qu''aux romans moraux de Thomas Hardy, Jury se distingue une nouvelle fois avec brio.

In der Kathedrale von Exeter bricht eine Stickerin zusammen. In der Tate Gallery stirbt eine ältere Dame. Und in den Ruinen der keltischen Wallanlage Old Sarum stürzt eine Amerikanerin in einen tiefen Schacht. Jedes Mal lautet die Diagnose Herzversagen. Doch Inspektor Jury will nicht an einen Zufall glauben. Denn die drei Frauen verbindet ein Detail: Sie waren alle kurz vor ihrem Tod in Santa Fe ...

Richard Jury''s friend overhears in a pub--The Grave Maurice--information about a girl who''s been missing for more than a year. From its pastoral opening to its calamitous end, this 18th entry in the Richard Jury series is full of the same suspense and humor that devoted readers expect from Martha Grimes. Abridged.

Five years ago in Cornwall, two children disappeared from their beds and were found mysteriously drowned. When a woman is murdered nearby, the police look for a connection between the deaths. Melrose Plant, renting the children''s empty home, is caught up in the inquiry, and soon Richard Jury arrives to investigate.

"At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found a dead man with his head stuck in a beer keg. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out of the beam of the pub''s sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: toward to darkest parts of his neighbors'' hearts ..."--Cover page 4.

Twelve-year-old Emma investigates the suspicious drowning of another child. Her search for answers is both an inquiry into murder and a way to deliver herself from the confusion of childhood. It is the story of a mystery and also her story.