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The Old Success

By: Martha Grimes
Narrated by: Steve West
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When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, the divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police, is called in. Who could have killed this beautiful tourist when the only visible footprints nearby belong to the two little girls who found her?

While Macalvie stands stumped in the Scilly Islands, inspector Richard Jury - 20 miles away on Land’s End - is at the Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook - well, nearly every case. Bronwell discloses that there was one he once missed. In the days following the mysterious slaying of the Parisian tourist, two other murders are called in to Macalvie and Jury's teams: first, a man is found dead in his Devon estate, then a holy duster turns up murdered at the Exeter Cathedral in Northamptonshire.

When Macalvie and Jury decide to consult Bronwell, the retired detective tells them that the three murders, although very different in execution, are connected. As the trio sets out to solve this puzzle, Jury and Macalvie hope that this doesn’t turn out to be Brownell’s second-ever miss.

©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Murder
Great Characters • Enjoyable Mystery • Good Twist • Winning Series • Perfect Performance
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I'm a huge fan of Martha Crimes especially the Richard mysteries. Can't get enough.

Another winner by Grimes

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Grimes brings all of the characters back and adds some great new ones. Grimes is still writing hits.

A great mystery with the usual cast

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love this series. never a disappointment, good twist going on. love the characters as always

the man

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Martha Grimes is up there with the best. Far surpasses Agatha Christie. As good as they come.

Always a delight

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Martha Grimes Richard Jury and gang novels just get better. Loved the characters. Loved the story.

Loved it

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Her great characters still here, but the story encompasses so much that I was confused sometimes. I enjoyed it, but less than others in the series.

Too much

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Short and a bit disjointed—not among her best. Too many plot lines to be fully developed in the space allotted.

Mini mystery

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I love the characters in the jury books. The children and the humor are very entertainimg,however it was not my favorite jury book

love this narrator!

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what more can I say . their are 25 books in the series. The characters are great

3rd time through the entire Richard Jury series

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Maybe I’ve been anticipating this book for so long I was setting myself up for disappointment.

Steve West’s narration is perfect as I’ve come to expect. I loved the narration and all the characters he does so well. They feel like old friends by now. But the story was very disjointed. I found myself going back several times to see if I’d missed a chapter or two or wondering if the entire book was loaded properly. That’s very unMarthalike.

Maybe I anticipated too much?

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