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Martha Grimes

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Mystery & Thrillers

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Martha Grimes is an American author of detective fiction.

She was born May 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to D.W., a city solicitor, and to June, who owned the Mountain Lake Hotel in Western Maryland where Martha and her brother spent much of their childhood. Grimes earned her B.A. and M.A. at the University of Maryland. She has taught at the University of Iowa, Frostburg State University, and Montgomery College.

Grimes is best known for her series of novels featuring Richard Jury, an inspector with Scotland Yard, and his friend Melrose Plant, a British aristocrat who has given up his titles. Each of the Jury mysteries is named after a pub. Her page-turning, character-driven tales fall into the mystery subdivision of "cozies." In 1983, Grimes ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 148,539 ratings · 9,473 reviews · 153 distinct works â€� Similar authors
The Man With a Load of Misc...
3.99 avg rating — 19,398 ratings — published 1981 — 53 editions
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The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richa...
4.08 avg rating — 11,194 ratings — published 1982 — 43 editions
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The Anodyne Necklace (Richa...
4.04 avg rating — 8,995 ratings — published 1983 — 42 editions
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The Dirty Duck (Richard Jur...
3.94 avg rating — 5,757 ratings — published 1984
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The Old Silent (Richard Jur...
3.93 avg rating — 5,759 ratings — published 1989 — 37 editions
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Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury...
3.97 avg rating — 5,426 ratings — published 1984
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The Blue Last (Richard Jury...
4.05 avg rating — 5,279 ratings — published 2001 — 36 editions
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The Knowledge (Richard Jury...
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“Before you hate something you should try to understand it.”
― Martha Grimes, Dakota
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“An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.”
― Martha Grimes, The Lamorna Wink
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“Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & blinding all over the place. And crying. Her director rushes into her house, puts his arms around her & says, "I ran all the way". That's what I want.”
― Martha Grimes, Dust
tags: all-about-eve, celebrity, film, hollywood, movies, power
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