Jury meets with Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar in a City of London tower, hears his story, and agrees to look into the case. One curious aspect of Tess's death is that five years before, a nine-year-old girl had also died in a fall at the Devon home, during a children's party that Tess was hosting/5(). It's been a long wait for a new Martha Grimes Richard Jury book, and it is good to see the series back. Vertigo 42 is not, however, the best of the lot. The plot wanders, lacks focus at times, and is disappointingly sparse when it comes to including Melrose Plant and some of the other quirky and beloved characters featured in Grimes' previous novels/5(). · When Scotland Yard Superintendant Richard Jury meets Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar atop one of London’s financial towers, Williamson asks him to reopen a couple of long-ago deaths. Williamson lost his wife, Tess, 17 years ago, when she apparently suffered an attack of vertigo and fell down the stairs of their Devonshire country house.
Published March 1, Martha Grimes adds to her Richard Jury detective series, which includes all the beloved, quirky village characters who brighten her pa. Vertigo A Richard Jury Mystery Martha Grimes. Scribner, $26 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Fadeaway Girl; The Knowledge; FOUL MATTER. In her latest Richard Jury mystery, Martha Grimes delivers the newest addition to the bestselling series The Washington Post calls "literate, lyrical, funny, funky, discursive, bizarre." The inimitable Scotland Yard Superintendent returns, now with a tip of the derby to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an.
Overview. The inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series. It's been a long wait for a new Martha Grimes Richard Jury book, and it is good to see the series back. Vertigo 42 is not, however, the best of the lot. The plot wanders, lacks focus at times, and is disappointingly sparse when it comes to including Melrose Plant and some of the other quirky and beloved characters featured in Grimes' previous novels. Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London's financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess's death was accidental -- a direct result of vertigo -- but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.
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