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The Old Contemptibles

The Old Contemptibles( )
Author: Grimes, Martha
Series title:Richard Jury Mystery Ser.
ISBN:978-0-451-41213-3
Publication Date:Apr 2006
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Onyx
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

The rainy day on which they meet sets the tone for Jury's romance with a mysteriously troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth. The passionate affair comes to a crashing halt when Jane is found dead. As an investigation ensues--with Jury a suspect--he realizes how little he knew about Jane, her teenage son, and her contentious family. Unable to leave London, Jury sends Melrose Plant to pose as a librarian at the Holdsworths' Lake District home, where the secrets that rise to the...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.22 x 6.82 x 1.06 Inches
Book Weight:0.41 Pounds
Author Biography
Grimes, Martha (Author)
Martha Grimes was born on May 2, 1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Maryland.

The idea for Martha Grimes' first British detective novel, The Man with a Load of Mischief (1981), was inspired by the name of a British pub she noticed while leafing through a travel book. A longtime Anglophile, she has continued to use a British pub as both the title and part of the setting in each subsequent novel in the series which features Scotland Yard Detective Richard Jury, his assistant, Melrose Plant, and Plant's interfering Aunt Agatha. The Anodyne Necklace (1983) won her the Nero Wolfe Award. Her other works include The Stargazey, The Case Has Been Altered, The End of the Pier, Biting the Moon, and Dust. Her title, Vertigo 42, made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014.

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