- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Dell. (1984)
- ASIN: B002Z6SQAI
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,006,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It was a dead time in the London underground-after lunch and before rush hour-when the last plaintive notes of a Chopin nocturne floated from Katie O'Brien's violin down the tiled corridor. Read the first page
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It was a dead time in the London underground-after lunch and before rush hour-when the last plaintive notes of a Chopin nocturne floated from Katie O'Brien's violin down the tiled corridor. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Melrose & Jury - done with Panache by Curry,
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This review is from: The Anodyne Necklace (Audio Cassette)
When I first read the Jury and Plant series, all the books named after Pubs, I was shocked to learn she was American. She just does Brit droll humor to a T. I was even more shocked when later I learned that Grimes was actually dropped by Knopf Publishing, saying she was not making her advance back on the Jury series. Well, she has gone on to make them eat those words as every one is now a bestseller. I absolutely love to read, but in this instance, I actually prefer to enjoy the audio tapes simply because they are done by the great Tim Curry. As Grimes does Brit humor to perfection, Tim brings Richard Plant, Melrose Plant and his indomitable Aunt Agatha so perfectly. Curry slips into one character after another with such panache - right down to children. The combination of Grimes and Curry is just not to be missed. In the Anodyne Necklace, a violin, an ancent emerald necklace and a severed finger are clue to solving the ghastly murder in the wood of Littlebourne. The town is filled with dotty birdwatchers, a pretentious Peer, and more suspects than Jury can handle. Naturally, the ever-so-helpful, Melrose Plant, a Peer who has shun his titles, tags along to aid his friend - actually, to escape his Aunt Agatha who refuses to let Melrose give up his titles. The key unriddling the Littlebourne mystery is hidden in coded treasure map. It's great full all they way, and an absolutely must for Curry fans! Martha loves the old saying he who laughs last...she has been having one big giggle on the shortsightedness of Knopf ever since!
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longtime favorite (or should I say "favourite"),
By Zeneve (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Anodyne Necklace (Paperback)
This is the book that began the Jury/Plant series, where all of the books are named after pubs. This is one of the very few books in my experience where I remember who the muderer was because it was a flawless mystery, perfectly logical, nothing held back, but still I couldn't guess the culprit! Definitely NOT the "had I but known" school. There are some wonderfully gory scenes, if you appreciate that in your mudrer mysteries, in adition to wonderful character moments and real humor. I found this book to be the best of all of M.Grimes's marvelous books. I hope they republish! I read this book for the first time when I was nine (child of a mystery reader)and it has not lost its charm with successive readings over the years. My old copy finally fell to bits!
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Great Book,
By CRP "Aiden's Mom" (Lemoore, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Anodyne Necklace (Paperback)
This book was absolutely awesome. I couldn't put it down the entire time I was reading it! I definately suggest any of the Richard Jury books to anyone who likes mystery books!
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