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MYST GRI
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Henry Holt and Co. (1998), Edition: 1st, 354 pages
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML: Saturday night. It was not a night to be spending alone, riding a bus. When he was a teenager at the comprehensive, Saturday night without a girl, without a date, without at least your mates to raise hell with, Saturday night alone would have been shameful. One wouldn't want to be seen alone on a Saturday night.... Who are you kidding? That was never your life, Jury, not yours..
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LibraryThing member DollyBantry
One of the best Richard Jury/Melrose Plant mysteries so far. Delightful characterizations. Not gory.
LibraryThing member christinejoseph
@ Pub name + mixed up murder R. Jury with many twists
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
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
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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... Show Less
LibraryThing member phoenixcomet
Top of the line Richard Jury novel, especially because of the laugh out loud humor of Melrose Plant's encounter with The Crippes family. Once again, Richard is in the wrong place at the right time. By following a woman off the bus, who later turns up murdered - he declares himself a witness. Only
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problem - the dead woman turns out NOT to be the woman that he followed, albeit extremely similar in looks. Once again, kids like Nancy Pink play an integral role in the story and in moving things along. The usual gang of Aunt Agatha, Marshall Trueblood, Diane DeMorney all have things to do while Melrose is assisting Jury. Long Piddleton is never dull. Show Less
LibraryThing member jetangen4571
theft, law-enforcement, art-fraud, art-theft, murder-investigation, friendship
Trimmed down, the mystery is good. However, there is so much extraneous rumination by both Plant and Jury as well as appearances by odd characters and more red herrings than a large tin of kippers that the reader wants
Trimmed down, the mystery is good. However, there is so much extraneous rumination by both Plant and Jury as well as appearances by odd characters and more red herrings than a large tin of kippers that the reader wants
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to use a poker on them to get to the end. Which is outstanding, by the way. Show Less
LibraryThing member tkcs
One of the better books in this series.
LibraryThing member LeslieHolm
An interesting twist on Jury's 'woman of the week, er, case', but the first few pages pretty much explain the entire mystery unfortunately.
There is a return to Catchcoach Street, and the cast of characters there, along with Plant, are really enjoyable. Jury's usual angst and soul wrenching lines of
I did love these books (30 or so years ago), and I'm going to continue on to the end trying to recapture my first joy in them, but first I need a break - a palate cleanser if you will - with some of the masters of cozy mysteries.
There is a return to Catchcoach Street, and the cast of characters there, along with Plant, are really enjoyable. Jury's usual angst and soul wrenching lines of
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thought are as boring as ever and I find his impossibly beautiful upstairs neighbor truly irritating. Try as I might, I can't find a reason for him to allow her to continue interfering in his life and handing him impenetrable phone messages.I did love these books (30 or so years ago), and I'm going to continue on to the end trying to recapture my first joy in them, but first I need a break - a palate cleanser if you will - with some of the masters of cozy mysteries.
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Pages
354
ISBN
080505622X / 9780805056228