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Praise for the novels of Martha Grimes
The Grave Maurice
“Grimes's writing has rarely been more lovely, especially when describing horses racing over fences at night or mares running for sheer joy.”
—
Chicago Tribune
 
“Beguiling characters . . . [a] blissful setting.”
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The New York Times
 
“This satisfyingly old-fashioned detective tale pays homage to Josephine Tey's famous historical mystery
The Daughter of Time
. . . vintage Grimes.”
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Booklist
 
“[Grimes is] a reigning queen in the realm of mysteries. . . . Delightful details and complex characterizations.”
—
Hartford Courant
 
“Another ‘veddy British' effort from Grimes's wickedly clever pen. And fans will rejoice that Jury is eventually once more back in action.”
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Chattanooga Times-Free Press
 
“Grimes's considerable narrative skills are evident in this compelling story. . . . Beneath the charming innocence are deeper psychological undercurrents. Obsession, greed, revenge, and loneliness are recurring themes and Grimes always manages to present believable villains.”
—
The Tennessean
 
“A satisfying tale that should delight mystery fans.”
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Publishers Weekly
 
“Quintessential Grimes, with a rich canvas and suspicion bouncing from one quirky character to another like a pumped-up pinball.”
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Kirkus Reviews
 
 
The Blue Last
“[Grimes] excels at creating a haunting atmosphere and characters both poignant and preposterous.”
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USA Today
 
“A diverting, chilling mystery of the past. . . . [Grimes] is at the top of her form. . . . Profoundly affecting and hauntingly sad . . . [an] explosive cliffhanger ending.”
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
 
“[Grimes's] gift for evoking mood and emotion is as keen as her talent for inventing a demanding puzzle and solving it.”
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The Wall Street Journal
 
 
The Lamorna Wink
“Atmospheric . . . an elegantly styled series.”
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The New York Times Book Review
 
“Swift and satisfying . . . grafts the old-fashioned ‘Golden Age' amateur detective story to the contemporary police procedural . . . real charm.”
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The Wall Street Journal
 
“Charming, delightful. . . . Grimes fleshes out her characters with witty dialogue. Long may she write Richard Jury mysteries.”
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Chicago Tribune
 
 
The Stargazey
“Wondrously eccentric characters. . . . The details are divine.”
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The New York Times Book Review
 
“The literary equivalent of a box of Godiva truffles . . . wonderful.”
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Los Angeles Times
 
 
The Case Has Altered
“Richly textured.”—
The New York Times Book Review
 
“Grimes is dazzling in this deftly plotted Richard Jury mystery.”
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Publishers Weekly
 
 
I Am the Only Running Footman
“Grimes at her best . . . more than mere suspense.”
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The New Yorker
 
“Literate, witty, and stylishly crafted.”
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The Washington Post
 
 
The Five Bells and Bladebone
“[Grimes's] best . . . as moving as it is entertaining.”
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USA Today
 
 
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
“A good puzzle . . . unusually well written.”
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The Boston Globe
 
 
The Man with a Load of Mischief
The first Richard Jury novel
“For readers who value wit, atmosphere, and charm in their mysteries.”
—
The Washington Post Book World
ALSO BY MARTHA GRIMES
RICHARD JURY NOVELS
 
The Man with a Load of Mischief
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
The Anodyne Necklace
The Dirty Duck
Jerusalem Inn
Help the Poor Struggler
The Deer Leap
I Am the Only Running Footman
The Five Bells and Bladebone
The Old Silent
The Old Contemptibles
The Horse You Came In On
Rainbow's End
The Case Has Altered
The Stargazey
The Lamorna Wink
The Blue Last
 
 
OTHER WORKS
 
The End of the Pier
Hotel Paradise
Biting the Moon
The Train Now Departing
Cold Flat Junction
Foul Matter
 
 
POETRY
 
Send Bygraves
ONYX
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Published by Onyx, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin
Group (USA) Inc. Previously published in a Viking edition.
 
First Onyx Printing, September 2003
 
Copyright © Martha Grimes, 2002
All rights reserved
“At Grass” by Philip Larkin is reprinted from
The Less Deceived
by permission of The Marvell Press, England and Australia.
REGISTERED TRADEMARK—MARCA REGISTRADA
eISBN : 978-1-101-09896-7
 
 
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To little Will Holland,
nearly a year,
and his grandparents,
Virginia and Scott
 
 
He told where all the running water goes,
And dressed me gently in my little clothes.
—Robert Pack, “The Boat”
Do memories plague their ears like flies?
They shake their heads. Dusk brims the shadows.
Summer by summer all stole away,
The starting gates, the crowds and cries—
All but the unmolesting meadows,
Almanacked, their names live; they
 
Have slipped their names, and stand at ease,
Or gallop for what must be joy,
And not a fieldglass sees them home,
Or curious stop-watch prophesies:
Only the groom, and the groom's boy,
With bridles in the evening come.
 
—PHILIP LARKIN, “AT GRASS”
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