The Deer Leap
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In her latest Richard Jury adventure, Martha Grimes takes us to Ashdown Dean, a little English village where animals are dying in a series of seemingly innocuous accidents. While the puzzling deaths of village pets may raise some idle gossip over a pint or two at the Deer Leap, the village pub, this hardly seems a case for Superintendent Jury of Scotland yard. Nor does it seem much of a challenge for the combined deductive powers of Jury and Melrose, the affable former Earl of Caverness.
It is his mystery-writing, amethyst-eyed friend, Polly Praed, who drags Plant and Jury to Ashdown Dean. The impatient Polly, having yanked open a call box in the pouring rain, is ill-prepared for what lands at her feet. The now-deadly case is cause for calling in Scotland Yard.
Martha Grimes
Martha Grimes is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books, including the long-running Richard Jury mystery series. The recipient of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, Grimes is acclaimed for her distinctive blend of British detective tradition, memorable characters, and darkly witty mystery writing. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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