The winds of change : a Richard Jury mystery Martha Grimes.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2004Description: 407 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0670033278Subject(s): Jury, Richard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction | Police -- England -- Fiction | England -- FictionGenre/Form: Mystery fiction.Summary: The murder of an unidentified five-year-old girl in a shabby London street leads Superintendent Richard Jury to suspect well-known financier Viktor Baumann, owner of an iniquitous house on the same street that serves as the hub of a pedophilia ring. When a second unidentified murder victim--this time a woman is found in the gardens of Declan Scott's estate, Commander of the Devon and Cornwall Police, Brian Macalvie, thinks there is a connection. Three years prior, Declan's four-year-old stepdaughter, Flora, was abducted. Jury and Macalvie rake over the present and the past in a pub near Launceston called the Winds of Change. All signs point to the guilt of Viktor Baumann, Flora's biological father. But, when no one in this case is exactly who he seems, how can Jury be sure?
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | GRIM (Browse shelf) | Available | 24528 |
Browsing A J M Library 868-5076 shelves, Shelving location: Adult Fiction Close shelf browser
|
|
|
|
|
|
No cover image available | ||
| GRIM The horse you came in on | GRIM Help the poor struggler | GRIM The end of the pier | GRIM The winds of change : | GRIM Vertigo 42 | GRIP Lying with strangers | GRIS The street lawyer |
The murder of an unidentified five-year-old girl in a shabby London street leads Superintendent Richard Jury to suspect well-known financier Viktor Baumann, owner of an iniquitous house on the same street that serves as the hub of a pedophilia ring. When a second unidentified murder victim--this time a woman is found in the gardens of Declan Scott's estate, Commander of the Devon and Cornwall Police, Brian Macalvie, thinks there is a connection. Three years prior, Declan's four-year-old stepdaughter, Flora, was abducted. Jury and Macalvie rake over the present and the past in a pub near Launceston called the Winds of Change. All signs point to the guilt of Viktor Baumann, Flora's biological father. But, when no one in this case is exactly who he seems, how can Jury be sure?
There are no comments on this title.