Martha Grimes is one of the few authors left carrying on the British detective mystery tradition, and doing it well. Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury and sidekick Melrose Plant are in the third decade of their clever, darkly humorous crime-solving careers.
Awards: Nero (1983)
Genres: Mystery
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Richard Jury
1. The Man with a Load of Mischief (1981)
2. The Old Fox Deceiv'd (1982)
3. The Anodyne Necklace (1983)
4. The Dirty Duck (1984)
5. Jerusalem Inn (1984)
6. The Deer Leap (1985)
7. Help the Poor Struggler (1985)
8. I Am the Only Running Footman (1986)
9. The Five Bells and Bladebone (1987)
10. The Old Silent (1989)
11. The Old Contemptibles (1991)
12. The Horse You Came in On (1993)
13. Rainbow's End (1995)
14. The Case Has Altered (1997)
15. The Stargazey (1998)
16. The Lamorna Wink (1999)
17. The Blue Last (2001)
18. The Grave Maurice (2002)
19. The Winds of Change (2004)
20. The Old Wine Shades (2006)
21. Dust (2007)
22. The Black Cat (2010)
23. Vertigo 42 (2014)
24. The Knowledge (2018)
25. The Old Success (2019)
26. The Red Queen (2025)
1. The Man with a Load of Mischief (1981)
2. The Old Fox Deceiv'd (1982)
3. The Anodyne Necklace (1983)
4. The Dirty Duck (1984)
5. Jerusalem Inn (1984)
6. The Deer Leap (1985)
7. Help the Poor Struggler (1985)
8. I Am the Only Running Footman (1986)
9. The Five Bells and Bladebone (1987)
10. The Old Silent (1989)
11. The Old Contemptibles (1991)
12. The Horse You Came in On (1993)
13. Rainbow's End (1995)
14. The Case Has Altered (1997)
15. The Stargazey (1998)
16. The Lamorna Wink (1999)
17. The Blue Last (2001)
18. The Grave Maurice (2002)
19. The Winds of Change (2004)
20. The Old Wine Shades (2006)
21. Dust (2007)
22. The Black Cat (2010)
23. Vertigo 42 (2014)
24. The Knowledge (2018)
25. The Old Success (2019)
26. The Red Queen (2025)
Emma Graham
1. Hotel Paradise (1996)
2. Cold Flat Junction (2001)
3. Belle Ruin (2005)
4. Fadeaway Girl (2011)
1. Hotel Paradise (1996)
2. Cold Flat Junction (2001)
3. Belle Ruin (2005)
4. Fadeaway Girl (2011)
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Martha Grimes recommends
AfterImage (2000)
(Chris Sinclair, book 2)
Jay Brandon
"Taut and intense, After-Image is also a novel about loss and reclamation written with a complexity and subtlety and depth of feeling that raises it far above other novels of its kind."
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