The Old Silent (Richard Jury Series #10)

by Martha Grimes

Overview

Witnessing a murder while on vacation, a detective is drawn into a twisting case in “another tour de force” for the New York Times bestseller (Publishers Weekly).

As a newly appointed Scotland Yard superintendent, Richard Jury takes a much-needed holiday in West Yorkshire. But the respite is short-lived when he observes a woman shoot her husband at an inn called The Old Silent. With no question of “whodunit”, Jury is determined to discover why. Snooping outside his jurisdiction leads him to the dark tale of a kidnapped music prodigy—as more murders ratchet up the stakes.

Now caught up in a triple murder, Jury would go to any lengths to help Nell Healey, the lovely widow of one of the victims. But Nell Healey remains silent as the Yorkshire moors, quiet as the grave, while the scope of the mystery widens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476732909
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	02/13/2024
Series:	Richard Jury Series , #10
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	399
Sales rank:	32,580
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Bestselling author Martha Grimes is the author of more than thirty books, including twenty-two Richard Jury mysteries. She is also the author of Double Double, a dual memoir of alcoholism written with her son. The winner of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award, Grimes lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Hometown:

Washington, DC and Santa Fe, NM

Date of Birth:

May 2, 1931

Place of Birth:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Education:

B.A., M.A., University of Maryland

Website:

http://www.marthagrimes.com

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Perfect, distilled Grimes…an engrossing tale.”—New York Daily News

“As fine as anything Ms. Grimes has written.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Another tour de force for Grimes.”—Publishers Weekly

“She writes, as always, with charm, authority, and ironic wit…a class act.”—Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

``In Inspector Richard Jury's 10th appearance, the rewards of Grimes's skewering eye for characterization more than make up for the few occasions when the complicated plot gets out of hand.'' Jury, perversely winter-vacationing in Yorkshire, witnesses a murder. PW called this ``another tour de force for Grimes.'' (Sept.)

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