Another winner for Grimes.
A Very interesting and intriguing Mystery.Around black Dartmoor where the hound of Baskerville once bayed, a strong happening occurred 3 children were murdered. Now the sensational Richard Jury of the famed Scotland Yard joined forces with non other than the Hot tempered local Scot constable Brian Mac Alvie to track down the killer. Who would do such dastardly deed?
The trail of course began at the local gossip mill the Pub. This desolate Pub was named "Help the Poor Struggler". Sounds like a charity doesn't it? The mysterious trail led to the estate of Lady Jessica, only child herself, amen year old heiress orphaned and she lives with her Mysterious, Crackpot Uncle and her governesses were ever changing. And as suspense fell across the forbidding landscape, an very old injustice returns to drive Mac Alvie crazy... with odd clues that point to a murder in the distant past with a killing yet to come.....
The trail of course began at the local gossip mill the Pub. This desolate Pub was named "Help the Poor Struggler". Sounds like a charity doesn't it? The mysterious trail led to the estate of Lady Jessica, only child herself, amen year old heiress orphaned and she lives with her Mysterious, Crackpot Uncle and her governesses were ever changing. And as suspense fell across the forbidding landscape, an very old injustice returns to drive Mac Alvie crazy... with odd clues that point to a murder in the distant past with a killing yet to come.....
Great series, this Richard Jury entry is set in bleak Dartmoor. Brian Macalvie makes his first entry into the series in this book. Wonderful off-beat police procedurals with very interesting characters.
maximal suspense and surprise
I sincerely enjoyed the whole series of these books. Light mysteries but no gore. Each book is named after a particular pub in england and you have fun discovering the different characters that inhabit these pubs.
Mary M. (surfingwolf) reviewed Help the Poor Struggler (Richard Jury, Bk 6) on + 43 more book reviews
As usual Martha Grimes entertains with another great Richard Jury story. Love the characters.
