The Stargazey
by:
Martha Grimes (author)
After a luminous blonde leaves, reboards, then leaves the double-decker bus Richard Jury is on, he follows her to the gates of Fulham Palace...and goes no further. Days later, when he hears of the death in the palace's walled garden, Jury will wonder if he could have averted it. But is the victim...
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After a luminous blonde leaves, reboards, then leaves the double-decker bus Richard Jury is on, he follows her to the gates of Fulham Palace...and goes no further. Days later, when he hears of the death in the palace's walled garden, Jury will wonder if he could have averted it. But is the victim the same woman Jury saw? As he and Melrose Plant follow the complex case from the Crippsian depths of London's East End to the headier heights of Mayfair's art scene, Jury will realize that in this captivating woman--dead or alive--he may have finally met his match...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451408976 (0451408977)
ASIN: 451408977
Publish date: October 2nd 1999
Publisher: Onyx
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Series: Richard Jury 8 (#15)
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’s l...
To be Richard Jury is to invite the death of any woman who catches his eye. Not my favorite.