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by Martha Grimes (Author) "Simon Riley never knew what hit him ..." (more)
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Near Dartmoor, where the Hound of the Baskervilles once bayed, three children have been brutally murdered. Now Richard Jury must join forces with a hot-tempered constable to track down the killer.

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Around bleak Dartmoor, where the Hound of the Baskervilles once bayed, three children have been brutally murdered. Now Richard Jury of Scotland Yard joins forces with a hot-tempered local constable named Brian Macalvie to track down the killer.

The trail begins at a desolate pub, Help the Poor Struggler. It leads straight to the estate of Lady Jessica, a ten-year-old orphaned heiress who lives with her mysterious uncle and an ever-changing series of governesses. And as suspense spreads across the forbidding landscape, an old injustice returns to haunt Macalvie...with clues that link a murder in the distant pass with a killing yet to come.

"A superior writer." --The New York Times Book Review

"A star in the mystery genre...An elegant writer and inventor of dazzling plots." --Publishers Weekly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Introduction of Brian Macalvie, April 13 2002
By Martha E. Nelson (Watertown, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Help the Poor Struggler (Paperback)
Brian Macalvie is one of the important supporting characters of Martha Grimes' Richard Jury novels. Macalvie wrestles with some of the same demons Jury does (for instance, an apparent inability to have a satisfying relationship and a dogged need to resolve cases that are rife with complexity). Naturally, the two men initially drive each other rather crazy. Here it is Melrose Plant who is able to be the bridge between them, appreciated by both of them, serving to center and calm both of them.

This is a complicated story about how revenge can become the abiding force in a life, and, conversely, how deciding to care aobut someone else can make even the most damaged person capable of strength and greatness.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Connecting the dots, Jan 4 2004
By Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Help the Poor Struggler (Paperback)
The tiny hamlet of Clerihew Marsh is the site of the murder of Rose Mulvanney. Her five year old daughter calls the operator to summon assistance. Wiggins and Richard Jury are interested in another matter years later in Dorchester. The victim is Simon Riley, son of a butcher. It is wondered if Davey White in Wynchcoombe is somehow connected to the incident of Simon Riley. The second boy has been placed in a church. His grandfather and guardian is vicar there.

Help the Poor Struggler is, not surprisingly in a book from the Richard Jury series, a pub. Molly Singer wears off the rack Oxfam clothes. She will not speak to the police. The latest victim is Angela Thorne. She is wrapped in a cape belonging to Molly Singer. It seems that Molly Singer is Mary Mulvanney, a daughter of the years-ago murder victim.

It is pleasant to read a Richard Jury mystery because he appears complete with ensemble players. Half-way through this book Melrose Plant turns up at the Jack and Hammer along with the Long Piddleton antiques dealer, Marshall Trueblood. Jessica Ashcroft, a child and Jury's candidate for next victim, is all ready to service Plant's Rolls Royce which fails just outside the wall of the Ashcroft manor house. She claims to know about cars and welcomes him into the premises which is the plan as conceived by Plant and Jury.

Chief Superintendent Racer is concerned over the nonsolution of the cases. As Jury continues his investigation he surmises that the cases are connected since the sites, Princeton, Clerihew Marsh, and Wynchcoombe are equidistant from each other and from Ascroft Manor. Simon's stepmother has an Ashcroft connection it is ascertained. The vicar of Wynchcoombe is related too.

The story is well-plotted. This is a lovely book. The character of the child, Jessica Ashcroft, is just right.

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5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Richard Jury Book, Dec 23 2001
By Nightime Office Cleaners Vlasak (Sandusky, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Help the Poor Struggler (Paperback)
This is my favorite Richard Jury book. I certainly loved the character of Lady Jessica; but this book also introduces Brian Macalvie, an important character in the series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars light reading with interesting characters
All of Martha Grimes' Richard Jury novels have had me captivated; her main character is somewhat mysterious but not overstated, and the supporting cast are just quirky enough to... Read more
Published on Oct 1 2000 by Kimberly Swartz

1.0 out of 5 stars Help the Poor Struggler
I had never read a Martha Grimes book before. She came highly recommended by an Englishman who claimed she could easily pass as an English mystery writer. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Very good, very well plotted. Good mystery.
Initially, I chose to read this mystery because I was in the mood for a good mystery and it was one of the shorter ones on my bookshelf; but as I got into it I found the author... Read more
Published on Jan 6 1999

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