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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780451220721 ISBN: 0451220722 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: March 06, 2007 Publisher: Signet Studio: Signet Editorial Review: Product Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-NOW IN PAPERBACK Average Rating:
 Rating:  - HarrowingEnjoyed, as I always do, the banter between Jury and Plant. Martha Grimes has developed some interesting child characters in the past and their are a couple of good ones in this book. I found Grimes' discussion of stories--our dependence on them and their tendency to involve their listeners--hugely interesting. I enjoyed the book a great deal. Rating:  - What happened to the car?I don't think any of the other reviewers have asked: In addition to the other "mysteries" presented by this horrible book, no one at all ever asks about the car!!! Did the police ever have it towed? Did the police ever issue a speeding ticket for it? Was it ever exported on a legitimate shipper? Did the car ever come to the attention of the police in any way after the woman, boy, and dog disappeared? And Martha Grimes never tells us about the condition of the dog upon its return. Did ... Read More Rating: - Waste of TimeThis was my first and definitely my last Marth Grimes novel. This book was a true waste of time. The premise of this story within a story could have been done well but this story was off track from the beginning. The meandering into string theory was a waste and boring. Then the reader gets the dogs' point of view and things continue to go downhill from there. The only salvation for this book would have been a clever ending but be warned --THERE IS NO ENDING. When I see that Martha Grimes ... Read More Rating: - Disappointing Addition to Jury SeriesI have read all the previous novels in the Richard Jury series and was very disappointed in this one. The cast of characters has become trite and formulaic, seemingly only trotted out as breaks in the storyline. It was almost as if the author simply cobbled together filler material from previous novels. In addition I found the story tedious and wildly improbable. I love cats and dogs, but not as literary protagonists in a supposedly serious mystery. The non-ending seemed an obvious segue ... Read More Rating: - my first and last Martha GrimesA colleague (who reads them in French) recommended Martha Grimes, so out of curiosity I borrowed this from the library. What a disappointment! The characters are English but use American vocabulary (lines, gotten, etc.). The plot meanders boringly on until at last a body turns up, in chapter 30-something. My interest perked at that point, but the follow-up was so unsatisfactory. Why was this woman murdered? Where had she been for the previous 9 months? why didn't they find the chewed rope in the cellar? ... Read More |
