Martha Grimes

Superintendent Richard Jury and his old friend Melrose Plant investigate the death of Roger Healy at the Old Silent Inn, an investigation hampered by the silence of the dead man's wife. Reprint.

A Richard Jury Novel

The Old Silent

Superintendent Richard Jury's investigation into the seemingly unrelated crimes of a London mugging and murder in the town of Littlebourne takes him to the local pub, the Anodyne Necklace, which is inhabited by a variety of colorful village characters. Reprint.

The Anodyne Necklace

Scotland Yard Inspector Richard Jury investigates the bizarre murder of an unidentified woman in a tiny English seaside village.

The Old Fox Deceiv'd

Richard Jury considers the authenticity of a fantastical tale, told by a stranger and fellow patron at the Old Wine Shades pub in London, about a string theory scientist's wife, son, and dog, who disappeared without a trace nine months earlier. Reprint.

A Richard Jury Mystery

The Old Wine Shades

Lines from an unknown poem are the trademark of a brutal killer preying on a group of wealthy Americans visiting Stratford and bedeviling the investigation of Scotland Yard's Richard Jury. Reprint.

The Dirty Duck

While flat on his back in a hospital bed, sleuth Richard Jury overhears a story that provokes his next murder investigation that is linked to a mysterious case of kidnapping involving the fifteen-year-old granddaughter of the owner of Ryder Stud Farm in Cambridgeshire. Reprint.

The Grave Maurice

In a village plagued by missing pets, Scotland Yard's Richard Jury and sidekick Melrose Plant face the worst of human nature when a chilling old crime leads them to a brand new way to die.

The Deer Leap

Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard spends his Christmas holiday at a colorful country inn near a vast estate inhabited by the titled, the rich, the famous, and, suddenly, the deceased. Reprint.

Jerusalem Inn

An aimless ride on a London double-decker bus and an encounter with an intriguing woman leads Richard Jury and his amateur partner, Melrose Plant, on the trail of a killer responsible for two seemingly unconnected homicides

The Stargazey

Emma Graham continues her investigation into the disappearance of the Slade baby from the Belle Ruin Hotel more than 20 years before. The sudden appearance in town of the baby's father makes her even more determined to learn the truth.

A Novel

Fadeaway Girl

Superintendent Jury, Melrose Plant, Wiggins, and Police Chief Macalvie gather in Devon at an out-of-the-way pub to connect a twenty-year-old murder with a series of recent killings. Reprint.

Help the Poor Struggler

In a resort town divided along socioeconomic lines, a waitress tries to hold onto her twenty-year-old son, while the sheriff is convinced that the murderer of three local women is still in town. Reprint.

The End of the Pier

Chief Inspector Mickey Haggerty asks his old friend Richard Jury to assist him in proving that the granddaughter of beer magnate Oliver Tynedale is in fact an imposter and that the real heiress died with her mother.

The Blue Last

A latest Richard Jury tale is partially inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and follows the inimitable Scotland Yard Superintendent's investigation into a cold-case involving a vertigo sufferer's fatal accident after a young girl's death in the same house. By the award-winning author of Double Double.

Vertigo 42

Emma Green finds herself at a resort hotel that is the scene of a series of unsolved murders that may be tied to the forty-year-old "accidental" drowning of a teenage girl.

Cold Flat Junction

Sheila Broome died in the wintry isolation of the Devon countryside. Ivy Childess was strangled in the heart of London's Mayfair. Devon's stubborn Divisional Police Commander is convinced both killings are the work of one man.

I Am the Only Running Footman

Presents two novellas, including "Hotel Paradise," an exploration of the emotional isolation and identity quest of adolescence, and "The Train Now Departing," in which the female protagonist is embroiled in darkness by the man in her life

Two Novellas

The Train Now Departing

When the lady he had hoped to marry is murdered, Richard Jury becomes a suspect in the investigation and sends his friend, Melrose Plant, to Scotland to probe into the sordid history of the victim's family.

The Old Contemptibles

Discovering the crumbling remains of a once-fabulous hotel in the woods near her small home town, twelve-year-old cub reporter Emma Graham stumbles upon clues pertaining to a forty-year-old unsolved crime involving deeply buried family secrets. By the author of The Winds of Change. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

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