The Old Silent
by Martha Grimes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Cave Creek, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown and Company publishers. 1989. Martha Grimes is an American author writing British mysteries and doing them well. Her Richard Jury character is well received and not unlike PD James main character but with a lovely and fun supporting cast. Book has a partially removed owner stamp on FEP otherwise it is tight and very clean. Stated first edition although probably a later printing. Original dust jacket is complete. No rubbing or loss.
Synopsis
Feeling burned out, Jury takes an unplanned stopover in Yorkshire and books a room at a cozy inn called the Old Silent. Violence finds him anyway when he becomes the only witness to a murder. Though Nell Healey shot her husband in cold blood, Jury will go to any lengths to help her, including taking sick leave from Scotland Yard to investigate. Calling on his old friend Melrose Plant for help, he must break through Nell’s reticence to untangle a web of twisted motives—and twisted lives....
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Details
- Bookseller
- Under the Covers Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29
- Title
- The Old Silent
- Author
- Martha Grimes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Cave Creek, Arizona
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I sell mainly mysteries. Mostly vintage but some more modern.
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