Knowledge, The, Martha Grimes
Knowledge, The, Martha Grimes
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Knowledge, The

Author: Martha Grimes

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018

Synopsis

Robbie Parsons is one of London's finest, a black cab driver who knows the city by heart. In his backseat is a man with a gun in his hand-a man who brazenly committed a crime in front of the Artemis Club then jumped in and ordered Parsons to drive. As the criminal eventually escapes to Nairobi, Detective Superintendent Richard Jury comes across the case in the Saturday paper. Two days previously, he had met and connected with one of the victims, a professor of astrophysics at Columbia and an expert gambler. Feeling personally affronted, Jury enlists Melrose Plant, Marshall Trueblood, and his whole gang of merry characters to contend with a case that involves Tanzanian gem mines, a closed Reno casino, and a pub that only London's black cabbies who have the knowledge can find. With their signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters, Martha Grimes's New York Times bestselling Richard Jury Mysteries are utterly unlike anyone else's detective novels (The Washington Post).

About Martha Grimes

Bestselling author Martha Grimes is the author of more than thirty books, including twenty-two Richard Jury mysteries. She is also the author of Double Double, a dual memoir of alcoholism written with her son. The winner of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award, Grimes lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 21, 2021

3.5 stars In this 24th book in the 'Richard Jury' series, the Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent investigates the murder of a wealthy American professor and his wife. The book can be read as a standalone, but familiarity with the characters is a bonus. ***** Handsome rich American physics professor......more

Goodreads review by Deborah (debbishdotcom) on April 01, 2018

Ten-fifteen years ago, if you'd asked about my favourite book series I probably would have said it was those by Martha Grimes and featuring Scotland Yard detective Richard Jury alongside the aristocratic but diffident Melrose Plant. All named after a pub featured the in book (kicking off with The Man......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on November 15, 2019

When I was approved for an arc of Grimes' latest in the Richard Jury series, The Old Success, I realized I had a couple to catch up on first, including this one. Jury meets an interesting young man and his wife who are visiting London--he an American professor of astrophysics; she a beautiful Brit wi......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on August 02, 2018

Martha Grimes is what you call a prolific producer of excellent crime fiction having released a book (sometimes two) annually for the past 25 years! Now that's dedication! Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, where her father was the City Solicitor. Her mother owned the Mountain Lake Hot......more

Goodreads review by Judy on April 03, 2018

The quirky cab drivers in this book were such a treat! I always like a new Richard July mystery and this one was a fun read. Early in the book a couple is killed in front of an exclusive casino/nightclub. A cabbie, Robbie Parsons, had driven the couple to the venue and a man with a gun jumped into h......more

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