Biting the Moon
The Blue Last : a Richard Jury Mystery
The Black Cat : a Richard Jury Mystery
The Washington Post – Patrick Anderson Grimes can be many things?literate, lyrical, funny, funky, discursive, bizarre?but she is never clunky. Sometimes, reading her, you think you've stumbled on an improbable fusion of Agatha Christie and Monty Python, but that, in moderation, is not an unpleasant experience?This is, let it be said, a monumentally whimsical novel. […]
Dakota : a Novel
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Grimes's compelling second novel to feature the enigmatic young woman who calls herself Andi Oliver (after 1999's Biting the Moon) begins with Andi, who's still unaware of her real name or her past, adrift in the Dakota badlands. After rescuing an abandoned donkey, Andi makes a temporary home for herself in the […]
Dust
Kirkus Reviews: Scotland Yard Supt. Richard Jury is dragged into his 22nd case by the first of many children wise and meddlesome beyond their years. Because he looks taller than 13, Benny Keegan is able to talk his way first into a job as kitchen help at the Zetter, a "restaurant with rooms" in Clerkenwell, […]
The Old Wine Shades : a Richard Jury Mystery
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. At the start of bestseller Grimes's compelling 20th Richard Jury mystery, the Scotland Yard detective is on suspension because he decided to save lives rather than wait for a warrant in his previous outing, The Winds of Change (2004). With time on his hands, Jury is ensnared by the intriguing […]