The Man With a Load of Mischief
by:
Martha Grimes (author)
At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub’s sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective...
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At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub’s sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors’ hearts…
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451410818 (0451410815)
Publish date: February 4th 2003
Publisher: Onyx
Pages no: 278
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Holiday,
Christmas,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Richard Jury (#1)
Nach langem Hin und Her habe ich nun auch den ersten Band der Inspektor Jury Reihe gelesen von Martha Grimes. Ein typischer englischer Krimi soll es sein und es stimmt, es spielt alles in England und im ersten Band geht um Morde, die in Pubs passiert sind. Alles recht moderat, etwas brutal, aber nic...
As fun as I remembered. I still love Wiggins to pieces. The whole old English inn obsession of Grimes, I find it delightful. This is cozy English mystery gold. Jury is fun as the lead and Melrose is excentric enough to be a good side kick along side sergent Wiggins. The secondary characters are defi...
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