Dust: A Richard Jury Mystery.Dust: A Richard Jury Richard Jury is a fictional Scotland Yard detective who stars in a series of mystery novels written by Martha Grimes. Initially a chief inspector, later a superintendent, Jury is invariably assisted in his cases by Melrose Plant, a British aristocrat who has given up his Mystery Martha Grimes Martha Grimes (b. 1931) 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 a hotel in Western Maryland where Martha and her brother spent much of their childhood. Grimes earned her B.A. Viking 375 Hudsn St., NY, NY 10014 0670037869 $25.95 www.us.penguingroup.com 800-847-5515 This is the story of two "L's:" Lust and Literature. It begins with Inspector Richard Jury in the throes throe n. 1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth. See Synonyms at pain. 2. throes A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse. of post-coital rapture. His girlfriend, a Scotland Yard Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. pathologist, is in the shower. Then the telephone rings, ruining the mood. A man has been murdered in a posh hotel and off-and-running the pair goes to the scene. So much for libido libido (lĭbē`dō, –bī`–) [Lat.,=lust], psychoanalytic term used by Sigmund Freud to identify instinctive energy with the sex instinct. , so far. There, Jury meets Lu Aguilar, the lead detective. When they leave, Jury and Lu fall into more than rigorous sex at his home. Twice in a few hours. What a man. The second "L" is more literary. The murder victim was in residence at The Lamb, home of Henry James--references to his work are sprinkled throughout as quasi-leads or clues (although Jury lacks clues almost until the end). In sifting through the victim's past, there are numerous conflicting and false leads. It takes all kinds of assistance and analysis for Jury to track the mystery of these "clues." Enigmatic Harry Johnson
Harry Johnson (known as Harry J, born circa 1945, Kingston) is a Jamaican reggae record producer. reappears from the previous novel in the series to provide Jury with more doubts and thrown curves while they drink wine at Dust, a trendy bar at which the murder victim was last seen before going to the hotel. As excellent as any in the series, the book draws the reader back and forth--just as Jury is--without a real clue to solving the case (or his love life). It's no surprise that in the end, Jury and his off-beat assistants come to an unusual conclusion, but doubts remain on his romantic future |
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