Martha Grimes is a American author. She splits her time between homes in Washington DC and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Grimes is best known for her Richard Jury mysteries, a series of novels featuring 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." She has also published several other novels, and books of short stories and poetry.

List of Richard Jury Mystery Novels

• The Man With a Load of Mischief (1981)
• The Old Fox Deceiv'd (1982)
• The Anodyne Necklace (1983)
• The Dirty Duck (1984)
• The Jerusalem Inn (1984)
• Deer Leap (1985)
• Help the Poor Struggler (1985)
• I Am the Only Running Footman (1986)
• The Five Bells and Bladebone (1987)
• The Old Silent (1989)
• The Old Contemptibles (1991)
• The Case Has Altered (1993)
• The Horse You Came In On (1996)
• Rainbow's End (1995)
• The Stargazey (1998)
• The Lamorna Wink (1999)
• The Blue Last (2001)
• The Grave Maurice (2002)
• The Winds of Change (2004)
• The Old Wine Shades (2006)

External links

• Martha Grimes' official Web site

Mystery writers | American novelists

Martha Grimes