The Old Wine Shades: a Richard Jury mystery
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Richard Jury mysteries volume 20.
Series:
Richard Jury mystery ; volume 20.
Published:
New York, New York: Viking, c2006.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
341 pages; 25 cm
Status:
Description
The latest in New York Times bestselling author Martha Grimes's Richard Jury mystery series
"The dog came back."
"This is a joke, right?"
"No, it isn't. . . . So do you want to hear the rest of it?" Dumbly, Jury nodded.
The rest of it is told by Harry Johnson, a stranger who sits down next to Richard Jury as he's drinking in a London pub called the Old Wine Shades. Over three successive nights Harry spins this complicated story about a good friend of his whose wife and son (and dog) disappeared one day as they were viewing property in Surrey. They've been missing for nine months-no trace, no clue, no lead as to what happened.
"The dog came back."
"This is a joke, right?"
"No, it isn't. . . . So do you want to hear the rest of it?" Dumbly, Jury nodded.
The rest of it is told by Harry Johnson, a stranger who sits down next to Richard Jury as he's drinking in a London pub called the Old Wine Shades. Over three successive nights Harry spins this complicated story about a good friend of his whose wife and son (and dog) disappeared one day as they were viewing property in Surrey. They've been missing for nine months-no trace, no clue, no lead as to what happened.
He's a fascinating bloke, this Harry Johnson-rich, handsome, unattached, and brainy about the esoteric subject of quantum mechanics, a field in which the vanished woman's husband, Hugh Gault, excels: He's an authority on string theory, which has some pretty funny notions about the nature of reality.
Jury wonders, Is Harry Johnson winding him up? Or did it really happen? The dog did come back-but how? And from where? And when Jury investigates, all seems to be just as Harry described it.
Until they find the body.
Praise for Martha Grimes:
"One of the established masters of the genre."
-Newsweek
"[Grimes's] gift for evoking mood and emotion is as keen as her talent for inventing a demanding puzzle, and solving it."
-The Wall Street Journal
"[Grimes] excels at creating a haunting atmosphere and characters both poignant and preposterous."
-USA Today
"Grimes is gifted at exploring the private, sometimes horrifying, yet utterly mundane thoughts of ordinary people."
-San Francisco Chronicle
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Eagle River Adult Mystery
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F Gri
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Mar 23, 2019
Mellen Adult Fiction
MYS GRI RJ 20
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Jun 19, 2020
Presque Isle Adult Fiction
F Gri
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Jul 31, 2021
Solon Springs Adult Fiction
FICTION Grimes
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Dec 15, 2015
Spooner Mystery
M GRI
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Aug 27, 2018
Superior Adult Fiction
FICTION Grimes, Martha
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Jun 28, 2020
Washburn Adult Fiction
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Webster Adult Fiction
FIC GRI HC
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0670034797, 9780670034796
Notes
Description
This is a joke, right? No, it isnt. . . . So do you want to hear the rest of it? Dumbly, Jury nodded. The rest of it is told by Harry Johnson, a stranger who sits down next to Richard Jury as hes drinking in a London pub called the Old Wine Shades. Over three successive nights Harry spins this complicated story about a good friend of his whose wife and son (and dog) disappeared one day as they were viewing property in Surrey. Theyve been missing for nine monthsno trace, no clue, no lead as to what happened. Hes a fascinating bloke, this Harry Johnsonrich, handsome, unattached, and brainy about the esoteric subject of quantum mechanics, a field in which the vanished womans husband, Hugh Gault, excels: Hes an authority on string theory, which has some pretty funny notions about the nature of reality. Jury wonders, Is Harry Johnson winding him up? Or did it really happen? The dog did come backbut how? And from where? And when Jury investigates, all seems to be just as Harry described it. Until they find the body.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Grimes, M. (2006). The Old Wine Shades: a Richard Jury mystery. New York, New York, Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Grimes, Martha. 2006. The Old Wine Shades: A Richard Jury Mystery. New York, New York, Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Grimes, Martha, The Old Wine Shades: A Richard Jury Mystery. New York, New York, Viking, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Grimes, Martha. The Old Wine Shades: A Richard Jury Mystery. New York, New York, Viking, 2006.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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