The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richard Jury #2) Paperback | Pages: 310 pages

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Original Title:	The Old Fox Deceiv'd
ISBN:	0451410688 (ISBN13: 9780451410689)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Richard Jury #2
Characters:	Melrose Plant, Richard Jury, Alfred Wiggins, Kitty Meechum, Bertie Makepiece, Mrs. Wasserman

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“Standard adult mystery” is the overlooked middle ground from which “cozy mysteries” and “suspense-thrillers” are measured: seriousness of plot, or sexuality or violence exhibited. The dividing line can be close, if a grim case and intelligent writing are diluted by banter. “The Man With A Load Of Mischief” showed enough promise for me to keep reading: if only Martha would remove her large tour of gossipy reactions that marred the first half. Melrose Plant’s aunt-by-marriage was a page-waster, in tedious superfluity that reduced the seriousness of the début.

“The Old Fox, Deceiv’d” sticks to the two key heroes, gives us an emotional dose of Richard Jury’s personal past and current home life, in which he keeps watch over neighbours who are nervous about crime. Melrose’s aunt only peeks into the novel and we plunge right into an unsettling mystery of the past, tying in a recent murder. The village patron’s ward disappeared years ago and a woman who returned is dead. Was it she, or a doppelganger? What became of the girl, herself? Every suspect is plausible enough to intrigue us and all do have secrets that it is enthralling to explore. This novel is firmly a “standard adult mystery” and hailing from 1982, does a fantastic job of discussing other moral topics. If a kid can do for himself at home and is monitored by neighbours: what constitutes child abandonment?

I leaped from three stars to five for this novel! Solving the case requires pieces from lots of angles, which the team divides & conquers. I do love the intelligently-incorporated humour; like Albert Wiggins having a “tablecloth of a handkerchief”! These quips do not stem the suspenseful flow but create personal viewpoints that make policemen relatable. If “The Anodyne Necklace” is the award-winner: I cannot wait to read it!

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Title	:	The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richard Jury #2)
Author	:	Martha Grimes
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 310 pages
Published	:	June 3rd 2003 by Onyx Books (first published 1982)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime. European Literature. British Literature

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This is the second Inspector Jury book. I have read a few in this series, but this is the earliest I have read. I enjoyed it more than some of the later ones I have read. Richard Jury is from Scotland Yard. He is sent to a small village built into cliffs to help with a murder inquiry. It just so happens that his friend Melrose Plant is there visiting a colonel who owns an estate and hosts a fox hunt. Years ago a young girl came to live at the home and became the colonels ward. She suddenly

Now I get it! While I enjoyed the first Richard Jury book and rated it 4 stars, I didn't quite understand why it was a favorite of my niece and her Mom, two of my mystery book buddies. I liked this for all the reasons listed in my review of the first in the series, The Man With a Load of Mischief. Those things I love in a murder mystery were amplified in this book #2 with none of the things that drove me crazy in book #1. How much did I like this book? I'm declaring this a favorite series! Steve

Why is an American author trying to write mystery novels about a Scotland Yard detective? The whole thing is bizarrely derivative, like bad fanfiction ("bad" because any decent fanfic writer from the U.S. who penned a mystery set in England would get a beta reader to "Britpick" it, i.e., flag and help them edit out any stray Americanisms. Martha Grimes hasn't done that -- and her press hasn't bothered to either -- so that every once in a while, you get these supposedly very English people saying

This British police procedural, the second in Martha Grimes Richard Jury series, is not only written in the early 1980s, it takes place in that time frame also. Therefore, no cell phones, no computers, no Internet, and no DNA testing exist to speed things up or save the day. Our protagonist and his compatriots must solve the murder the old-fashioned way with paper and pencil, personal interviews, attentive visual observation, open-mindedness, logic and cunning.The novel begins in a rather unique

I love the Richard Jury series. I first read these books about 20-years ago and after they became available for the Kindle I decided to reread the series (I had forgotten many of the details). They are just as fun to read now as they were then. Each book is named after a famous English pub, where some of the action takes place, and all somehow involve a child and a cat.This is the second of the series and I strongly suggest reading the series in order because characters from earlier books, as

Twelfth Night in the tiny Yorkshire fishing village of Rackmoor. It is a typically chilly and very foggy night with a North Sea wind blowing. The perfect night for murder.A young woman in costume apparently on her way to a Twelfth Night party at the local manor house is brutally murdered, her body left on steps on the way to the party. She was stabbed with some sort of two-pronged instrument. The police can't find the murder weapon or very many clues to what actually happened.Days later, when