I Am the Only Running Footman
by:
Martha Grimes (author)
They were two young women, strikingly similar in life…strikingly similar in death. Both strangled with their own scarvesone in Devon, one outside of a fashionable Mayfair pub called I Am the Only Running Footman. Richard Jury teams up with Devon’s irascible local divisional commander, Brian...
show more
They were two young women, strikingly similar in life…strikingly similar in death. Both strangled with their own scarvesone in Devon, one outside of a fashionable Mayfair pub called I Am the Only Running Footman. Richard Jury teams up with Devon’s irascible local divisional commander, Brian Macalvie, to solve the murders. With nothing to tie the women together but the fatal scarves, Jury pursues his only suspect…and a trail of tragedy that just might lead to yet another victim. And her killer…
show less
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451410023 (0451410025)
ASIN: 451410025
Publish date: October 1st 2001
Publisher: Onyx
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Richard Jury 8 (#8)
There was lots of English food in this book and I almost suspect that Martha Grimes wrote this mystery to showcase that food. Such as Toad in the Hole, Bangkok Duck, and the Fool dessert. Yes, this book made me curious about English cuisine and now I feel the need to try my hand at making some of th...
All over the place with a very absurd end. Two of the usual characters are window dressing (Plant and Macalvie) and there are too many plot points that go nowhere. One bright thing, well actually two, Wiggins is still my favourite and he has a somewhat interesting part in this book and the Warboys f...