C r i m e
chronicle
Issue #263
December 2007
“where a good crime
can be had by all”
AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
MARTHA GRIMES
When an old friend pulls Richard Jury into the investigation of the murder of
a wealthy bachelor, Jury is not sure what’s more perplexing: the
circumstances of the fellow’s death, the conflicted stories of the man’s past,
or the motivations of the lead detective - the beautiful and forbidding Lu
Aguilar. What Jury is sure of is that he’s in over his head, both with the
inscrutable and challenging Aguilar and the false leads surrounding the once
charismatic Billy Maples, last seen in a club named Dust.
A web of clues draws Jury to the trendy Clerkenwell galleries, clubs and
hotels, to the dark stories behind the Maples family, and to the Sussex town
of Rye, where Billy had temporarily taken up the tenancy of Lamb House, the
charming home where Henry James composed his three masterworks and
a place with secrets of its own. With Melrose Plant investigating Lamb
House, Aguilar interceding, and the appearance of Maples’ young nephew,
Scotland Yard’s finest - and now infamous - will need every bit of his
intelligence and quiet charm to crack the case. The 21st in the series.
Other titles featuring Inspector Richard Jury (all Pb $17.95 unless otherwise indicated):
- Peter
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