Description
"Intricate and entertaining . . . A delicious puzzle." The Boston Globe
The murder is in America, but the call goes out to Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury. Accompanied by his aristocratic friend Melrose Plant and by Sergeant Wiggins, Jury arrives in Baltimore, Maryland, home of zealous Orioles fans, mouth-watering crabs, and Edgar Allan Poe. In his efforts to solve the case, Jury rubs elbows with a delicious and suspicious cast of characters, embarking on a trail that leads to a unique tavern called "The Horse You Came In On" . . .
Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/03/1996
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 6.88h x 4.18w x 1.13d
ISBN13: 9780345387554
ISBN10: 0345387554
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
The murder is in America, but the call goes out to Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury. Accompanied by his aristocratic friend Melrose Plant and by Sergeant Wiggins, Jury arrives in Baltimore, Maryland, home of zealous Orioles fans, mouth-watering crabs, and Edgar Allan Poe. In his efforts to solve the case, Jury rubs elbows with a delicious and suspicious cast of characters, embarking on a trail that leads to a unique tavern called "The Horse You Came In On" . . .
Author: Martha Grimes
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/03/1996
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 6.88h x 4.18w x 1.13d
ISBN13: 9780345387554
ISBN10: 0345387554
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
About the Author
Martha Grimes is one of the few authors left carrying on the British detective mystery tradition, and doing it well. Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury and sidekick Melrose Plant continue to enthrall readers with their clever, darkly humorous crime-solving careers.