One of her thoroughly delightful "pub" mysteries...

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A beautiful woman lies dead, her blood covering her party costume, and smearing her Harlequin face paint. She is a stranger, so not only do people wonder who killed her, but why kill a stranger? Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury and his pal Melrose Plant are sharing a pint at the local pub The Old Fox Deceiv'd, when this came swirling with danger and deception touches them. Foxes are abound - the pub carries one in the name, Jury and Melrose find the only way to trap a foxy killer is to ride to the foxes.

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"There was murder in the quaint North Sea Village of Rackmoor. The body of a mysterious woman in a mummer's costume lay sprawled on a backwater street. Half of her face had been painted black, the other half white, and the blood on her white silk blouse had dried to a stained deep dark red..."

"Warmth, Humor and a great writing style!"

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A friend recommended Martha Grimes to me and I decided to get the first three books in the Richard Jury series. I enjoyed The Old Fox Deceiv'd and like the main character as well as the English setting and Grime's interesting description of these little English towns and their people.

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