Martha Grimes

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States

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Martha Grimes is an American author of detective fiction.

She was born May 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to D.W., a city solicitor, and to June, who owned the Mountain Lake Hotel in Western Maryland where Martha and her brother spent much of their childhood. Grimes earned her B.A. and M.A. at the University of Maryland. She has taught at the University of Iowa, Frostburg State University, and Montgomery College.

Grimes is best known for her series of novels featuring Richard Jury, an inspector with Scotland Yard, and his friend Melrose Plant, a British aristocrat who has given up his titles. Each of the Jury mysteries is named after a pub. Her page-turning, character-driven tales fall into the mystery subdivision of "cozies." In 1983, Grimes ...more

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	The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,217 ratings — published 1981 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richard Jury, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 9,745 ratings — published 1982 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 6,801 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Last (Richard Jury, #17) 4.03 avg rating — 4,716 ratings — published 2001 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dirty Duck (Richard Jury, #4) 3.94 avg rating — 4,626 ratings — published 1984 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury, #5) 3.96 avg rating — 4,181 ratings — published 1984 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Silent (Richard Jury, #10) 3.97 avg rating — 3,786 ratings — published 1989 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Help the Poor Struggler (Richard Jury #6) 3.99 avg rating — 3,866 ratings — published 1985 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knowledge: A Richard Jury Mystery (Richard Jury #24) 4.01 avg rating — 3,709 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am the Only Running Footman (Richard Jury, #8) 3.88 avg rating — 3,752 ratings — published 1986 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Before you hate something you should try to understand it.”
― Martha Grimes, Dakota

tags: hatred, philosophy, understanding

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“An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.”
― Martha Grimes, The Lamorna Wink

tags: childhood

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“Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & blinding all over the place. And crying. Her director rushes into her house, puts his arms around her & says, "I ran all the way". That's what I want.”
― Martha Grimes, Dust

tags: all-about-eve, celebrity, film, hollywood, movies, power

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Polls

May BoTM (Crime Genre) Nominations!! 1st Poll.

Top 5 books move onto the second poll!!!

Child 44

by Tom Rob Smith

9 votes, 14.8%

Caught

by Harlan Coben

8 votes, 13.1%

Every Dead Thing

by John Connolly

7 votes, 11.5%

The Postcard Killers

by James Patterson

6 votes, 9.8%

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

5 votes, 8.2%

Visitation Street

by Ivy Pochoda

5 votes, 8.2%

Still Life

by Louise Penny

5 votes, 8.2%

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

4 votes, 6.6%

Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

by Edward Steers Jr.

3 votes, 4.9%

The Drop

by Dennis Lehane

3 votes, 4.9%

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George

2 votes, 3.3%

Faceless Killers

by Henning Mankell

2 votes, 3.3%

The Man With a Load of Mischief

by Martha Grimes

2 votes, 3.3%

61 total votes

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