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Dust [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Martha Grimes (Author)

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Hardcover: 541 pages
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition (January 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1597224073
ISBN-13: 978-1597224079
Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 590 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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The rarely ruffled urbanity of Richard Jury is given an oral enhancement by reader Lee, whose plummy narration turns a bit more appropriately droll when it comes to delineating the New Scotland Yard superintendent's amateur partner in crime fighting, snooty, aristocratic novelist Melrose Plant. Both gentlemen detectives are involved in a complex but surprisingly obvious mystery surrounding the murder of a young man in a hotel room. Lee handles a gallery of contemporary British characters in addition to the leads, including Jury's lady friend, cool and collected Yard pathologist Dr. Phyllis Nancy; the working class and mildly abrasive detective assigned to the case, Ron Chilton; and an eager 13-year-old Jury protégé. They and the novel's grand dames, flirts, crusty old codgers, smarmy young hoteliers and feisty housekeepers fit easily into Lee's repertoire. So does sultry DI Lu Agular, who, Grimes writes, is beautiful enough to suck "all the oxygen out of the room." Happily, Lee has more than enough to breathe needed warmth, humor and suspense into a tale that holds off its sole riveting surprise—and a good one it is—until the very end.
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When Billy Maples is found murdered in a hotel room, Richard Jury and the case's lead detective show up at the same time. As they grapple with an investigation that takes them from Billy's favorite club, Dust, to trendy London galleries and a small town in Sussex, they also grapple with each other. The case's detective, you see, is named Lu Aguilar, and she is drop-dead gorgeous. The normally stellar John Lee catches Grimes's round-about approach to plotting in his relaxed narration. Yet it's too relaxed, with strangely long pauses between phrases. Also, Lee often emphasizes inconsequential words, hinting at significance where there is none. Martha Grimes addicts may be content with the meandering length of this rendition; casual listeners will not. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Our Naughty Richard, Aug 2 2008

By	Liz (North America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dust (Paperback)

I used to absolutely love a Richard Jury novel. It was always so nice to catch up with old friends in the rooming house in London; not to mention Melrose Plant and his cronies in Long Piddleton. I actually enjoy when we get to find out what the erstwhile lord and his annoying aunt are up to.

I'm not so sure about this one.

Benny Kegan, Jury's young prot�g� from London's seamy side, working as a bellhop in a posh London hotel, discovers the body of Billy Maples in one of the guest rooms. He urgently calls on Jury to help him out of the sticky situation. He's only thirteen and underage to be working.

The murder is actually in the jurisdiction of Richard's new love interest, Lu Aguilar which causes complications. Jury can't seem to be anywhere in proximity to her without getting extreme lustful thoughts. Like others I thought the author went way overboard on this relationship. I mean--wrecking the apartment during their sexual encounters at Richard's age--come on!

I did enjoy Grime's marvellous descriptions of the settings--both in London and in Henry James' Lamb's House. The storyline was interesting on several levels and I was totally happy when Plant appeared on the scene to, as often is the case, sort things out for Richard.

As usual, the ending is somewhat convoluted; but that is to be expected in a Jury novel. I'm still not sure I agree as to who did it. But I'll probably read the next one. It's rather an addiction.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Jury Discovers Passion, a Delicious Plot, a Literary Journey for Melrose Plant, and More Wine with Harry Johnson, Feb 12 2007

By	Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Dust A Richard Jury Mystery (Hardcover)

Martha Grimes packed enough material into this book to make at least six normal detective novels. Pay close attention . . . the detail all counts.

If you want Ms. Grimes to write more books that remind you of The Dirty Duck, I suggest you go back and re-read the first 18 books in the series. She's clearly decided to take her hero and her series in new directions.

There's good news and bad about that. The good news is that the stories now open themselves up in new ways. The bad news is that many readers won't care for the new ways.

It's hard to write about this book without including a spoiler accidentally. Any description is also bound to be very misleading in terms of what the book is about. I'll do my best.

As the book opens, young Benny Keegan finds himself unexpectedly delivering room service coffee for two in the restaurant with rooms, Zetter's, where he works. When no one answers, Benny pushes the door open and discovers the dead body of a man who has obviously been killed. Concerned about his vulnerability as a homeless child to a murder investigation, Benny calls Richard Jury at home. Jury brings a doctor with him and quickly inserts himself into the investigation, hoping to shelter Benny from any fall out. Things are going along normally until Jury meets Lu Aguilar, who will be running the investigation for the local police. As an investigatory team, they are most unusual in the history of detective fiction.

Jury knows the victim's grandfather and makes some of the most delicate contacts. But as Jury delves into the past, he finds much to be surprised about in the present. Why does a wealthy young man, Billy Maples, of no particular interests sprinkle gifts on artists who show little potential? Why does the same young man choose to live in Lamb's House, where Henry James wrote such masterpieces? No one claims to dislike the victim, and there's no will. The heirs are already quite wealthy. Who benefits?

Casting his net ever wider, Jury looks deeply into the pasts of all those who knew the victim and finds all kinds of unexpected connections. In terms of solving the mystery, Jury is at a loss until he receives some unexpected information near the end of the story. But it's clear that Harry Johnson sees it as an open-and-shut case (if you remember him from The Old Wine Shades).

What's the book's weakness? Some will say it's the character development. That part worked all right for me. Others will be annoyed with the unusual number of red herrings. I didn't mind those either. I found that the story contained unnecessary elements that seemed to be there mostly to appease long-term fans. Cut to the chase, Ms. Grimes.

I liked all of the surprises in the story. They whet my appetite for deeper and more appealing mysteries in the future involving Richard Jury. Clearly, Ms. Grimes is going to be taking us to new, and more interesting, places in the future. I'm looking forward to the journey!

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