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Richard Jury Series

The Old Contemptibles

Following a passionate and troubled love affair with a pretty widow named Jane Holdsworth, Jury finds himself, unaccountably, a suspect in a murder investigation. Detained in London, Jury sends his friend Melrose Plant, former Earl of Caverness, to the Holdsworth family’s Lake District home to pose as an eccentric librarian. Plant discovers that his catalogue cards contain less data on Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey than they do on tantalizing questions about the Holdsworths: What happened to Crabbe Holdsworth’s first wife? What happened to his son, Graham? What happened to the cook Annie?

And what might happen to the two children, favorites of rich old Adam Holdworth, who prefers the ambience of a swank retirement home, Castle Howe, where he and the elegant Lady Cray can drive the staff crazy? Jury and Sergeant Wiggins finally join Melrose at the Old Contemptibles pub, where they arrive at a solution that Jury detests, for no matter what he does, innocence will suffer.

Audiobook

  • Published: 28/01/2014

  • Language: English

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

  • ISBN: 9781442363175

E-book

  • Published: 11/06/2014

  • Language: English

  • Publisher: Scribner

  • ISBN: 9781476732916


Author:

  • Martha Grimes

Narrator:

  • Steve West

Series:

  • Volume 11 in Richard Jury Series

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 11 h 17 min
  • 261 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Crime
  • Classic crime

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