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The Richard Jury murder mysteries by Martha Grimes

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Ranked #930 in Books, Poetry & Writing, #42,594 overall

I am fond of murder mysteries and these are good ones!

One of the fun things about these mysteries is that every title is also the name of a real pub somewhere in Britain.

I also like her twisted sense of humor involving the subplots and the background characters. I particularily like Cyril the cat who manages to live very nicely even when the office he chooses to live in is also inhabited by someone who absolutely loathes cats.

The Richard Jury novels, in order

It's one of my (many) lifetime goals to read this entire series, in order. Why? Because there's a number of interesting subplots going on among the main characters and I'd like to see *all* of those and in order!

The year listed after the title is the year of publication.

Man With a Load of Mischief (1981)
The Old Fox Deceiv'd (1982)
The Anodyne Necklace (1983)
The Dirty Duck (1984)
Jerusalem Inn (1984)
Help the Poor Struggler (1985)
The Deer Leap (1985)
I Am the Only Running Footman (1986)
The Five Bells and Bladebone (1987)
The Old Silent (1989)
The Old Contemptibles (1991)
The Horse You Came in On (1993)
Rainbow's End (1995)
The Case Has Altered (1997)
The Stargazey (1998)
The Lamorna Wink (1999)
The Blue Last (2001)
The Grave Maurice (2002)
The Winds of Change (2004)
The Old Wine Shades (2006)
Dust (2007?)

The Four Latest Richard Jury novels

Websites about Martha Grimes & her novels

MarthaGrimes.com: This is Martha Grime's homepage on the web
List of all of her books: Books, pictures of the covers, when published. This list is up-to-date, which most of the other lists I found weren't.