Series: Richard Jury
by Author Martha Grimes
The Horse You Came In On (1994)
"Prose seems to be falling off just a bit," said Jury..."Definitely fallen off," said Jury, yawning.Yes, even Superintendent Richard Jury seems to acknowledge it in this Martha Grimes cozy mystery. The prose has definitely fallen off. Fallen off a cliff, in fact.When I commit to reading a book, I...
The Grave Maurice (2003)
22 Inspektor-Jury-Romane hat Martha Grimes inzwischen verfasst, außerdem zahlreiche andere Krimis. Inspektor Jury und die übrigen Charaktere, die ihn begleiten, sind britisch durch und durch. Faszinierende Trivia: Jeder Band der Inspektor Jury Reihe ist nach einem real existierenden englischen Pu...
The Five Bells and Bladebone (2002)
Well, in a very, very long series such as Martha Grimes' Richard Jury, I guess we can't expect every entry to be a winner. This one was a bit of a letdown, which actually surprised me because it started out as if it would be very entertaining, but somewhere around the two-thirds mark, it seemed t...
The Man With a Load of Mischief (2003)
This is the first novel in Martha Grimes’ long-running British police procedural series featuring Richard Jury and Melrose Plant. The book was originally published in 1981 so the reader must realize from the outset that there will be no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no pocke...
Jerusalem Inn (2004)
"Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard seems to constantly be meeting beautiful women to whom he is instantly attracted, but the attraction never goes anywhere. The women never stick. That's true again in Jerusalem Inn, but at least this time the beautiful woman has a good reason for not p...
The Dirty Duck (2004)
4th Richard Jury. I love her characterizations of children and dogs/cats, but her dialogue in "West Virginian" left a lot to be desired. Still, a good mystery."Superintendent Richard Jury of New Scotland Yard is visiting a friend in Stratford-on-Avon and hoping for an encounter with the intriguin...
The Old Wine Shades (2007)
I enjoy Martha Grimes' mysteries up to a point. I get tired of hearing about the same large group of people who live in the same little village, along with all of their quirks (her regular cast of characters). It's just too much and too cute. I like it when Richard Jury does most of the work, wit...
Dust (2007)
The Blue Last (2002)
The Lamorna Wink (2000)
(Note:It's a minor spoiler, but if you plan to read the book,might want to skip my last paragraph)I've always had a love-hate relationship with Martha Grimes.I love the Richard Jury series, and I have all of them.But, unlike the Women's Murder Club books or Stephanie Plum books,which I can read i...
The Stargazey (1999)
Note: Although this is Book 15 in the series, it works fine as a stand alone.The book opens on a cold night with an assassin in waiting. She has a been of a clean up to do as someone saw something they weren’t suppose to while she was on a job. From this brief prologue, we jump into Richard Jury’...
The Winds of Change (2005)
Part of the Richard Jury series, Inspector Jury is called to help solve the homicide of a young child shot in the back. During his investigations, he is drawn to another case of a young girl gone missing for 3 years and her mother's death 6 months after her disappearance. The father is suspected,...
The Old Contemptibles (2006)
When the woman with whom Richard Jury is engaged in a passionate affair is found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her flat, it seems that Jury's famously bad luck with women has reached its nadir. Since the death is considered "suspicious," Scotland Yard investigates, and since, because of his r...
The Old Silent (2006)
"Depressed about his life or, more accurately, lack of one, Jury takes some time off and ends up in Bronte country. After more or less stalking an attractive woman through the Bronte Museum and the Children� s Toy Museum, ashamed of himself, Jury heads for his lodgings at The Old Silent Inn. Ther...
I Am the Only Running Footman (2001)
I've been, along with Mom, culling out very old mystery series and rereading before donating. I'm beginning to think I should skip the rereading point. Either the first three attempts at this were just bad luck or you really can't go home again, I'm not sure which. I do like Richard Jury. This on...
The Old Fox Deceiv'd (2003)
Why is an American author trying to write mystery novels about a Scotland Yard detective? The whole thing is bizarrely derivative, like bad fanfiction ("bad" because any decent fanfic writer from the U.S. who penned a mystery set in England would get a beta reader to "Britpick" it, i.e., flag an...
The Black Cat (2010)
Spoiler: the precocious little girl doesn't get killed. I don't really know why I keep reading this series... except, I've known Jury and Plant and Wiggins and Carol Ann so long that, even at their most annoying, they're family. They're not very annoying in this one, and there are two bonus anima...
All die schönen Toten: Ein Inspektor-Jury (2000)
I don't really know why I persist with this series. The hero is an annoying emasculated vacuum who drips around inspecting his own belly-button until the solution basically falls into his lap. There always seem to be small children around without appropriate adult supervision - quite often witho...
