Dimensions
112 x 178 x 29mm
The Lincolnshire fens are the setting for Superintendent Richard Jury's latest case. This landscape is one that can easily deceive, volunteering nothing - much like the locals of the only pub for miles around, the Case Has Altered.
There's been a double murder. The body of one woman is found on the Wash; another woman lies floating in a canal in Windy Fen. Both are connected with the manor house, Fengate: Dorcas Reese was a servant there; Verna Dunn was the louche ex-wife of the owner, Max Owen - a man with a passion for antiques. So when the principal suspect turns out to be Jenny Kennington, a woman Jury has long loved, he decides he needs someone inside Fengate. Someone who can impersonate an antiques expert. Who better than aristocratic Melrose Plant, detective manque?
This new Jury novel, by turns crushingly sad and wonderfully funny, features the colourful cast of characters that Martha Grimes's fans have come to love.
