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THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF By : Martha Grimes
Introducing Scotland Yard?s Richard Jury in Martha Grimes? intriguing first novel
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Mystery | Mystery Police Procedural
At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found a dead man with his head stuck in a beer keg. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pubβs sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help.
Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for Melrose Plant. A keep observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: toward the darkest parts of his neighborsβ hearts.
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