Questions About Dust (Richard Jury, #21)

by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author)

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What do you think about the ending? I do't know who pushed whom out of the lifeboat...Do you?

Carole Barkley Brunner was a German. He would have not been on the City of Benares.
Is it possible that the guilty party in the lifeboat was Rose, Billy's grandmothe…moreBrunner was a German. He would have not been on the City of Benares.
Is it possible that the guilty party in the lifeboat was Rose, Billy's grandmother? She admitted she was bipolar and "wild" during the war. She could have been on that ship; there were paying passengers. Annie Jessup hated Rose and criticism of her cooking would not explain the level of antipathy. When Melrose is talking to Mrs. Jessup and asks what happened to Billy's mother, Mrs. Jessup says. "Boat accident. She drowned when she was not much over thirty. Well, what goes around comes around, is what I say." And when she has a breakdown after Malcolm knocks over her table, she screams. "No! Dora! Janie! You old devil!" This could also explain why Jury sent Lu to talk to rose.(less)

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Okay. I'm clueless... Who found the paintings & what does this thread have to do with Billy's murder? Why was Lu Aguilar at Rose Ames' at the very end. Does it have anything to do with Lu's accident? Really hoping someone can clarify for me.

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