MARTHA GRIMES

When the body of a Frenchwoman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police, is called in. With the only visible footprints belonging to the two girls who found her, who could have killed this mysterious tourist? While Macalvie stands stumped in the Isles of Scilly, Inspector Richard Jury - twenty miles away on Lands End - is at the Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook. Except one. In the weeks following the unexplained death of the tourist, two other murders are called in to Macalvie and Jurys teams: first, a man is found dead on a Northamptonshire estate, then a cleaner turns up murdered at Exeter Cathedral. When Macalvie and Jury decide to consult Brownell, the retired detective insists that the three murders, though very different in execution, are connected. As the trio set out to solve this puzzle, Jury and Macalvie hope that this doesnt turn out to be Brownells second ever miss. Written with Grimess signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters, The Old Success is prime fare from one of the most fascinating mystery writers today (Houston Chronicle).

In Rackmoor, a Yorkshire fishing village, the twelfth night of Christmas comes to a dramatic and disturbing end when the corpse of a young woman is discovered. Once again, Inspector Jurys assistance is required. However, Jury finds himself struggling at the first hurdle - the girls identity - and learns that, before he can grapple with the villages future, and even its present, he must first face confront its past which turns out to be a tangled maze of unrequited loves, unrevenged wrongs, and even undiscovered murders. Who was this girl? Was she Gemma Temple, an impostor, or was she really Dillys March, Colonel Titus Craels long-lost ward, returning after eight years to the Colonels country seat to claim a share of his fortune? And who could possibly want her dead...?

From the confines of his hospital bed, Inspector Jury is seeking refuge from Nurse Hannibals constant speculations about his chances of survival when his friend, and partner in crime (prevention), Melrose Plant, arrives with a distraction. Its a story he overheard a young woman telling in The Grave Maurice about a girl named Nell Ryder - granddaughter to the owner of the Ryder Stud Farm in Cambridgeshire who has been missing for more than a year. More interestingly though, she is the daughter of Jurys surgeon. In the wake of this discovery, a woman is found dead on the Ryders farm - a stranger to the Ryders, but not to Plant. She is the woman he overheard in The Grave Maurice. Together with Jury, Nells family, and the Cambridgeshire police, Plant embarks on a search to find Nell and bring her home. But is there more to their mission than just restoring a fifteen-year-old girl to her family?

Ein ermordetes Mädchen in den Straßen von London. Eine unbekannte Tote im idyllischen Cornwall. Inspektor Jury ermittelt in seinem bisher schwierigsten Fall.Als Inspektor Jury an einem kühlen Märztag in London an den Ort eines Verbrechens gerufen wird, ist er fassungslos: Das Opfer, das durch einen heimtückischen Schuss in den Rücken getötet wurde, trägt ein geblümtes Kleidchen - und ist fünf Jahre alt. Eine erste Spur führt Jury gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Melrose Plant nach Cornwall auf den einstmals glanzvollen Landsitz Angel's Gate, der umgeben ist von einer wunderbaren englischen Parklandschaft. Denn dort, in den weitläufigen Gärten des Herrenhauses, hat sich ein weiterer Mord an einer mysteriösen Unbekannten ereignet, der mit dem Tod des kleinen Mädchens in Verbindung zu stehen scheint. Jury und Melrose beziehen Quartier auf Angel's Gate und stellen alsbald fest, dass keiner der ist, der er vorgibt zu sein - und dass sie die Maskerade durchschauen müssen, wollen sie den wa06hren Täter ausfindig machen ...01Martha Grimes wurde in Pittsburgh geboren und studierte an der University of Maryland. Sie unterrichtete lange Zeit kreatives Schreiben an der Johns-Hopkins-University und lebt heute abwechselnd in Washington, D.C., und in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Andi Oliver is back! Martha Grimes fans have waited nearly nine years for the return of the amnesiac heroine of Biting Moon, and this bristling stand-alone sequel won't disappoint them. In the interim, Andi's continued to drift, moving through the West, from one waitress job to the next. When she finally reached North Dakota, she signs up at Klavan's, a pig-farming factory that seems to specialize in skirting the law. While Andi is attempting to cope with dastardly livestock practices, her past is catching up with her. Two people are on her trail: One is a homicidal psychopath; the other, a person demanding secrets that Andi no longer has.

The inimitable Richard Jury returns in a thrilling tale of mystery, madness, and mistaken identity. Written with Grimes's trademark insight and grace, "The Black Cat" signals the thrilling return of her greatest character. Martha Grimes has contributed to The Black Cat as an author. Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of twenty-three novels, including "The Old Wine Shades" and "Dust,"

Vor den Augen Inspektor Jurys erschießt eine schöne schweigsame Dame ihren Ehemann. Klarer Fall? Nicht für Jury. Er findet bald heraus, daß hinter der Tat der schweigsamen Mörderin ein komplexes Gehe

Venu louer un superbe manoir en Cornouailles, Melrose Plant découvre que deux enfants y ont trouvé la mort dans des circonstances extrêmement troublantes... Une nouvelle enquête au côté du plus fanta

Une jeune violoniste est sauvagement assassinée dans le métro de Londres. Elle était originaire d'un joli village répondant au nom charmant de Littlebourne. Or, un petit chien vient de découvrir une friandise assez curieuse dans la foret voisine : un doigt humain ! Scotland Yard ne dispose que d'un seul limier capable d'operer un rapprochement entre ces deux affaires mysterieuses, le commissaire Richard Jury. Et comme l'enigme est d'une opacite inhabituelle, celui-ci fait appel a son ami Melrose Plant, aristocrate dilettante et detective amateur. Ensemble, ils vont arpenter les couloirs du metro londonien, mais aussi les abords de la tenebreuse foret de Horndean. Au fil des rencontres courtoises et des interrogatoires plus pousses, ils rassemblent une belle brochette de suspects : un couple de hobereaux d'un snobisme absolument odieux, une vieille ornithologue aux manieres de sergent-major, une veuve esseulee habitant un manoir glacial, un agent immobilier pas tres franc du collier... et une petite sauvageonne qui sait dompter les chevaux les plus retifs !

Richard Jury embarks on the darkest investigation of his career when the dead body of a young London girl leads to the cold case of a missing girl in Launceston-an unsolved mystery that has haunted P

Long Piddleton est un charmant village du nord de l'Angleterre.Mais une série de meurtres abominables vient entacher le manteau de neige immaculé de cette bourgade paisible. Des cadavres sont retrouves dans des positions insolites - a califourchon sur une poutre ou bien couche sur une table, un roman policier a la main - dans des auberges de campagne aux noms pittoresques et evocateurs : Le Mauvais Sujet, La Forge, Le Cygne a Deux Tetes. Pour arreter cette hecatombe, Scotland Yard depeche sur place l'un de ses meilleurs limiers : Richard jury, un homme aussi tenace que chevaleresque.De la tenacite, il va lui en falloir pour demasquer le tueur en serie parmi une foule de suspects : un aubergiste, un haut fonctionnaire dechu, une jeune. poetesse romantique, un pasteur, un auteur de polars, une poule de luxe et bien d'autres. Par bonheur, jury trouvera un precieux allie en la personne de Melrose Plant, chatelain dilettante que la nature a pourvu d'un cerveau fort efficace.