Ein ermordetes Mädchen in den Straßen von London. Eine unbekannte Tote im idyllischen Cornwall. Inspektor Jury ermittelt in seinem bisher schwierigsten Fall.Als Inspektor Jury an einem kühlen Märztag in London an den Ort eines Verbrechens gerufen wird, ist er fassungslos: Das Opfer, das durch einen heimtückischen Schuss in den Rücken getötet wurde, trägt ein geblümtes Kleidchen - und ist fünf Jahre alt. Eine erste Spur führt Jury gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Melrose Plant nach Cornwall auf den einstmals glanzvollen Landsitz Angel's Gate, der umgeben ist von einer wunderbaren englischen Parklandschaft. Denn dort, in den weitläufigen Gärten des Herrenhauses, hat sich ein weiterer Mord an einer mysteriösen Unbekannten ereignet, der mit dem Tod des kleinen Mädchens in Verbindung zu stehen scheint. Jury und Melrose beziehen Quartier auf Angel's Gate und stellen alsbald fest, dass keiner der ist, der er vorgibt zu sein - und dass sie die Maskerade durchschauen müssen, wollen sie den wa06hren Täter ausfindig machen ...01Martha Grimes wurde in Pittsburgh geboren und studierte an der University of Maryland. Sie unterrichtete lange Zeit kreatives Schreiben an der Johns-Hopkins-University und lebt heute abwechselnd in Washington, D.C., und in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Andi Oliver is back! Martha Grimes fans have waited nearly nine years for the return of the amnesiac heroine of Biting Moon, and this bristling stand-alone sequel won't disappoint them. In the interim, Andi's continued to drift, moving through the West, from one waitress job to the next. When she finally reached North Dakota, she signs up at Klavan's, a pig-farming factory that seems to specialize in skirting the law. While Andi is attempting to cope with dastardly livestock practices, her past is catching up with her. Two people are on her trail: One is a homicidal psychopath; the other, a person demanding secrets that Andi no longer has.
The inimitable Richard Jury returns in a thrilling tale of mystery, madness, and mistaken identity. Written with Grimes's trademark insight and grace, "The Black Cat" signals the thrilling return of her greatest character. Martha Grimes has contributed to The Black Cat as an author. Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of twenty-three novels, including "The Old Wine Shades" and "Dust,"
Endlich ist Inspektor Jury seiner großen Liebe begegnet. Aber kurz bevor er sein Verlobunggeschenk überreichen kann, wird die verwitwete Lady tot in ihrer Wohnung aufgefunden. Jury gerät in bizzare Verwicklungen und unter bösen Verdacht . . .
The bestselling author of the Richard Jury novels delivers a razor-sharp and raucously funny send-up of the cutthroat world of publishing. And the praise is pouring in: "A hilarious and wicked caper-adventure on the evils of the book business." —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Does laughing uncontrollably on a subway train constitute legitimate literary criticism? If it does, then Foul Matter...gets a great review from me." —New York Times Book Review "She can kick literary butt—in more ways than one." —USA Today
"Chew on this," says Melrose Plant to Richard Jury, who's in the hospital being driven crazy by Hannibal, a nurse who likes to speculate on his chances for survival. Jury could use a good story, preferably one not ending with his own demise. Plant tells Jury of something he overheard in The Grave Maurice, a pub near the hospital. A woman told an intriguing story about a girl named Nell Ryder, granddaughter to the owner of the Ryder Stud Farm in Cambridgeshire, who went missing more than a year before and has never been found. What is especially interesting to Plant is that Nell is also the daughter of Jury's surgeon. But Nell's disappearance isn't the only mystery at the Ryder farm. A woman has been found dead on the track-a woman who was a stranger even to the Ryders. But not to Plant. She's the woman he saw in The Grave Maurice. Together with Jury, Nell's family, and the Cambridgeshire police, Plant embarks on a search to find Nell and bring her home. But is there more to their mission than just restoring a fifteen-year-old girl to her family?
Richard Jury embarks on the darkest investigation of his career when the dead body of a young London girl leads to the cold case of a missing girl in Launceston-an unsolved mystery that has haunted P
Une jeune violoniste est sauvagement assassinée dans le métro de Londres. Elle était originaire d'un joli village répondant au nom charmant de Littlebourne. Or, un petit chien vient de découvrir
