At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub's sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Me lrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right d irection: into the darkest parts of his neighbors' hearts.

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Title

The Man with a Load of Mischief

Publisher

Onyx, US

Publication Date

2003

Language

English

ISBN 10

0451410815

ISBN 13

9780451410818

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Good

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Inspector Richard Jury and Melrose Plant uncover dark secrets from the past when they investigate the deaths of two strangers at two different English inns in Long Piddleton where the village's most distinguished citizens become the prime suspects. Reprint.

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Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of eighteen Richard Jury mysteries and also the acclaimed fiction Foul Matter, Cold Flat Junction, Hotel Paradise, The End of the Pier, and The Train Now Departing.

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