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Title: The Blue Last: A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes ISBN: 0-451-41055-6 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8
Rating: 4
Summary: entices you to read her next book
Comment: I think the ending in this book is where most of the lower reviews come in to play. We have one mystery answered but there are too many other unanswered questions that just beg us to go get her next book to find out the answers. Overall, I really liked the book, and I am already searching to see if she has written a follow up. If she has then it was a great book, if not then it left you hanging and frustrated.
Jury is asked by a friend who is also a police officer, but who doesn't have long to live, if he would help investigate a mystery that happened years ago during World War II. Two woman were in a pub and each have a baby with them. One of the women go outside to take a walk with the other mother's baby (so she says) and while she is gone, the pub gets bombed and the people inside are killed, including the woman's baby and the mother of the baby she is taking a stroll with. His friend knows the family, which is extremely wealthy, and he thinks that the woman is lying about which baby died so that her baby will be raised as Maisie Tyndale, who will inherit a large amount of the Tyndale fortune some day. He asks Jury to investigate and, of course, because they are friends, Jury agrees. A Mr. Croft, who is a close friend of the Tyndales, is killed shortly after that and all of his manuscripts, computer, and notes on a book he was writing is stolen. Other characters are, Gemma (a ward of Oliver Tyndale and one of his favorites) and Benny (a boy living off the streets with a dog) and of course you have the other characters that are usually involved in her Richard Jury mysteries.
The book kept my interest all the way to the end, but it didn't answer all my questions. If there is not a sequel, then there really needs to be one. I am going to check and see as soon as I finish this review. :)
Rating: 1
Summary: The Blues Last
Comment: There are too many "out of character" characters and situations in this book. The most implausible in my mind is Miss Heron, a woman who had headed up an unwed mothers' home since 1939. This woman who has seen countless babies born and given to grateful adoptive parents, actually says: "It's emotionally devastating." (giving a child up for adoption) "Frankly, I favor abortion." UNREAL!
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I am a big fan of the Richard Jury mysteries, but this one left me disappointed. There were numerous mistakes that did not make sense, and there were parts (such as the Florence trip) which seemed to have nothing to do with the plot. I kept waiting for there to be some tie-in to all the art history, and....nothing. The ending was awful! Too much left unanswered and too many loose ends not explained. Although I enjoyed it while I was reading it, once I got to the end I thought my copy was missing pages or something. I felt cheated by the ending and the lack of editing in this book. I caught several mistakes, so a good editor should have found them and corrected them. I also agree with several other reviewers that the timeline on this series needs to be looked at. In this book, there is talk of the Millenium Wheel, so it's not too far in the past. Jury must be pushing 60 (or past it) if he was a small boy during WWII. Well, at least I only paid about $.$$ for it on closeout....
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Title: The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes ISBN: 0670030457 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 26 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Lamorna Wink: A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes ISBN: 0451409361 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Stargazey: A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes ISBN: 0451408977 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Rainbow's End by Martha Grimes ISBN: 0345394267 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Five Bells and Bladebone by Martha Grimes ISBN: 0451410386 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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