In The Old Success, the twenty-fifth mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series by crime writing legend Martha Grimes, an unlikely trio of detectives teams up to solve three puzzling…

Detective Richard Jury’s sidekick, Melrose Plant, takes the starring role in this 16th novel of a bestselling series. Plant is renting a house in Cornwall, where he becomes caught up…

A neglected lake, covered with water lilies. A once fashionable, now faded resort. A derelict house full of secrets, uninhabited for almost half a century. The death of a twelve-year-old…

While Melrose Plant impersonates an antiques expert, Richard Jury investigates the scene of a baffling double murder in the Lincolnshire fens, after the bodies of two local women turn up…

This collection of ten critical essays provides an in-depth analysis of Grimes’ oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes’ themes of parental…

A neglected lake, covered with water lilies. A once fashionable, now faded resort. A derelict house full of secrets, uninhabited for almost half a century. The death of a twelve-year-old…