Grimes, Martha

The old wine shades : a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes( Book )
48 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,458 libraries worldwide
Richard Jury considers the authenticity of a fantastical tale, told by a stranger and fellow patron at the Old Wine Shades pub in London, about a string theory scientist's wife, son, and dog, who disappeared without a trace nine months earlier.

The stargazey : a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes( Book )
50 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 2,442 libraries worldwide
November. In a bleak month, a bleak Richard Jury takes an aimless ride on one of London's icons--the old double-decker bus, a #14 traveling the Fulham Road. His attention is caught by a woman "with hair so gossamer-pale you could see the moon through it," wearing a fur coat, boarding his bus in front of a pub called the Stargazey.

Dust : a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes( Book )
56 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 2,412 libraries worldwide
Richard Jury investigates the death of a wealthy bachelor with a mysterious past who was last seen in a club named Dust.

The end of the pier by Martha Grimes( Book )
28 editions published between 1992 and 1999 in 5 languages and held by 2,392 libraries worldwide
Maud Chadwick sits at the end of the pier, watching the party across the water. Sometimes she is joined by Sheriff Sam DeGheyn, who finds her quiet company a refuge from the problems of his own marriage and from his increasing professional concerns. For the town's sleepy atmosphere is deceptive: three local women have been murderedand Sam suspects the wrong man has been convicted and that the real killer is readying himself to strike again.

Cold flat junction by Martha Grimes( Book )
41 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 2,384 libraries worldwide
A once fashionable, now fading resort hotel. A spinster aunt living in the attic. A house full of secrets and dusty furnishings, uninhabited for almost fifty years. A neglected lake, covered with water lilies. Pettiness and cruelty in smalltown America. And Emma Graham, a twelve-year-old girl with a passion for double-chocolate ice-cream sodas and decaying lakefronts, and an obsession with the death of another girl--Mary-Evelyn Devereau--forty years earlier. Emma's search for answers is both an inquiry into murder and a way to deliver herself from the confusion of childhood. Sequel to: Hotel Paradise.

Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes( Book )
38 editions published between 1995 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 2,338 libraries worldwide
A 12-year-old girl, waiting at tables in her mother's hotel, becomes interested in the death, 40 years earlier, of a girl her age. The victim drowned in a nearby lake. So little Emma Graham starts analyzing available evidence, questions old ladies and woodsmen, and through perseverance solves a mystery. By the author of The End of the Pier.

Rainbow's end : a Richard Jury novel by Martha Grimes( Book )
37 editions published between 1993 and 1999 in 4 languages and held by 2,314 libraries worldwide
Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury flies to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where an address links three women murdered in England. One died in Salisbury's Roman ruins, a second in Exeter Cathedral and a third at the Tate Gallery in London. By the author of The Horse You Came in on.

Belle ruin by Martha Grimes( Book )
27 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 2,148 libraries worldwide
Discovering the crumbling remains of a once-fabulous hotel in the woods near her small home town, twelve-year-old cub reporter Emma Graham stumbles on clues pertaining to a forty-year unsolved crime involving deeply buried secrets.

Dakota : a novel by Martha Grimes( Book )
23 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,107 libraries worldwide
Young Andi Oliver is an amnesiac and drifter who awoke in a Santa Fe bed and breakfast with a man's belongings tossed about the room. Adopting a name from the initials on her backpack, Andi moves from one waitress job to the next, from Idaho to North Dakota, until she takes a job at Klavan's, a massive pigfarming facility that specializes in the dark art of modern livestock management. As Andi begins to uncover the truth about Klavan's and a slaughterhouse called Big Sun, two men are on her trail, one a gunman hired to kill her, another who has followed her across three states demanding something from her forgotten past.--From publisher description.

The black cat : a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes( Book )
24 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 2,083 libraries worldwide
Jury investigates the death of a young escort who has been murdered behind a local pub. The only witness is the establishment's black cat, who gives neither crook nor clue as to the girl's identity or her killer's.