Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief (UK 2018)

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Two pubs. Two murders. One chocolate-box village convinced of its own perfection - until now.
Long Piddleton is an unlikely setting for a crime, and yet it's the scene of two. With one dead body upended in a keg of beer at The Man with a Load of Mischief, and another swinging from the sign above the Jack and Hammer, tensions are high, and Scotland Yard's Richard Jury is called in to calm the waters.

On arrival, Jury finds himself confronted by a community spooked by the idea that the murderer could be amongst them. That is, apart from Melrose Plant - the eighth Earl of Caverness and a keen observer of human nature whose astute eye directs Jury's investigation straight into the heart of the village, leaving the community questioning everything they ever thought they knew and trusted.

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief. A Richard Jury Mystery. Grove Press, ISBN: 9781611859188 (August, 2018), 1.46 MB, £1.99.

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief (USA 2013)

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Long Piddleton had always been wary of newcomers. But the quiet town was stunned when the first stranger was found dead, upended in a butt of ale in the cellar of the Men with a Load of Mischief. Then the second body appeared, swinging in place of the mechanical man above the door of the Jack and Hammer.

Suddenly Long Piddleton had good reason to be wary of everyone! Its cozy pubs and inns with their polished pewter and blazing hearths had become scenes of the most bizarre crimes. Who were the victims? And who was the murderer? A stranger? A maniac? Or the disarmingly friendly man next door?

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief. A Richard Jury Mystery. Scribner eBook, ISBN: 9781476732947 (March, 2013), 5248 KB (ca. 292 p.), $11.99.

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief (USA 2003)

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Introducing Scotland Yard's Richard Jury in Martha Grimes' intriguing first novel

At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found a dead man with his head stuck in a beer keg. 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 Melrose Plant. A keep observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: toward the darkest parts of his neighbors' hearts.

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief. The first Richard Jury Novel. Onyx Books, ISBN: 0451410815 (February, 2003), 278 p., $6.99.

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief (UK 1991)

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Long Piddleton's local inn is the venue for a particularly grisly murder, and one which took place while many of the village's most distinguished residents were on the premises. Scotland Yard's irrepressibly unconventional Inspector Richard Jury is enlisted to help with the murder enquiry.

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief. Headline, ISBN: 0747230358 (March, 1991), 309 p., £4.99 (?).

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief (USA 1991)

From the Publisher:
Long Piddleton had always been wary of newcomers, but the quiet town was stunned when the first stranger was found dead, upended in a butt of ale in the cellar of The Man With A Load Of Mischief. Then the second body appeared, swinging in place of the mechanical man above the door of the Jack and Hammer.

Suddenly Long Piddleton had good reason to be wary of everyone! Its cozy pubs and inns with their polished pewter and blazing hearths had become scenes of the most bizarre crimes. Who were the victims? And who was the murder? A maniac? A stranger? Or the disarmingly friendly man next door?

Martha Grimes: The Man With A Load Of Mischief. Dell, ISBN: 0440153271 (February, 1991), 317 p., $5.99.