Grimes is a favorite; especially the Jury series. Great plot, character development; in essence, classical Grimes.
Janet L. (proudgrandma) reviewed The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, Bk 9) on + 285 more book reviews
"[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
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
A very entertaining and engrossing read!
Fumiko M. (fumikosm) reviewed The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, Bk 9) on + 4 more book reviews
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.
Good reading.
Linda L. (lakelinda) reviewed The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, Bk 9) on + 108 more book reviews
Part of the wonderfully written Richard Jury series. Love the characters and English settings.
