The Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury, Bk 5) Author:Martha Grimes
Book Description:
A white Christmas couldn't make Newcastle any less dreary for Scotland Yard's Superintendent Richard Jury--until he met a beautiful woman in a snow-covered graveyard. Sensual, warm, and a bit mysterious, she could have put some life into his sagging holiday spirit. But the next time Jury saw her, she was cold--and dead. Melrose Plant. Jury's aristocratic sidekick wasn't faring much better. Snow bound at a stately mansion with a group of artists, critics, and idle-but-titled rich, he, too, encountered a lovely lady...or rather, stumbled over her corpse. What linked these two yuletide murders was a remote country pub where snooker, a Nativity scene, and an old secret would uncover a killer...or yet another death.
Besides writing a good mystery, Martha Grimes gives such good descriptions of England that I want to return. Her characters' humor is just right for easing the seriousness of the crimes.
Mary B. (mysterymom) from TRACY, CA wrote on 2/12/2007...
Loved this one! It's a great Melrose Plant book.
Scherrie G. from BELLEVIEW, FL wrote on 10/18/2006...
love her stories
Beth R. from MARSTONS MLS, MA wrote on 6/15/2006...
If you like Agatha Christie, you're gonna LOVE this one!
Cathy H. (Educat) from HENDERSON, TX wrote on 6/11/2006...