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The Five Bells and Bladebone  (Richard Jury, Bk 9)
The Five Bells and Bladebone - Richard Jury, Bk 9
Author: Martha Grimes
Antiques dealer Marshall Trueblood had finally haggled the owner of Watermeadows - a lush country estate near the little village of Long Piddleton - into parting with a beautiful rosewood desk. He hadn't bargained on the corpse stuffed inside. — The body belonged to the notorious philanderer Simon Lean. Richard Jury of Scotland Yard and ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780440201335
ISBN-10: 0440201330
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 370
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3.8 stars, based on 57 ratings
Publisher: Dell
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, Bk 9) on + 37 more book reviews
Grimes is a favorite; especially the Jury series. Great plot, character development; in essence, classical Grimes.
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"[GRIMES'S] BEST...AS MOVING AS IT IS ENTERTAINING." --USA TODAY

Antiques dealer Marshall Trueblood had finally haggled the owner of Watermeadows--a lush country estate near the little village of Long Piddleton--into parting with a beautiful rosewood desk. He hadn't bargained on the corpse stuffed inside.

The body belonged to the notorious philanderer Simon Lean. Richard Jury of Scotland Yard and his aristocratic sidekick, Melrose Plant, had no end of suspects. But Jury's best clue led to a London pub, the Five Bells and Bladebone. There he would learn about Lean's liaison with a shady lady named Sadie, who might help solve the case--if she wasn't murdered first.

"BLENDS ALMOST DICKENSIAN SKETCHES OF CHARACTER AND SOCIAL CLASS WITH GLIMPSES OF A FEROCIOUS MARRIAGE." -Time
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A very entertaining and engrossing read!
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I'm a fan of Martha Grimes' Richard Jury novels, but this one ,I wasn't too fond of. It was rather confusing story line. Maybe I was distracted when I read it.
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Good reading.
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Part of the wonderfully written Richard Jury series. Love the characters and English settings.


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