martha grimes the man with a load of mischief

The dog growled deep in its throat and started barking again, something it had been doing intermittently for the last fifteen minutes.

Inside, his view of the High Street obstructed by the window at his shoulder, Melrose Plant sat in the curve of the bay drinking Old Peculier and reading Rimbaud. O utside the Jack and Hammer, a dog growled. I have more books to read, which makes me happy. Plant has other ideas and shares them with Jury as they become friends.This is where Jury and Plant connect, which is nice to know, as I’ve read other books in the series. The only exception is Melrose Plant, a local who has long links to the area. The residents of Long Piddleton wonder who among them is the guilty party. Are the murders related and if so how?While Jury is investigating these first murders, two more pub murders happen. The men are no locals and no one knows either of them. He is hanging from the beam of the pub’s sign.Scotland Yard sends Jury out to solve these murders. Shortly after, another man is found dead at the Jack and Hammer pub. He has been strangled, then placed hanging out of a beer keg with his head submerged in the keg. A man is found murdered in the cellar of the Man With a Load of Mischief pub. This is the first book in the Richard Jury mystery series.It is winter in Long Piddleton, England.

Martha grimes the man with a load of mischief