The Case Has Altered, Martha Grimes
The Case Has Altered, Martha Grimes
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The Case Has Altered
A Richard Jury Mystery

Author: Martha Grimes

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/29/2014


Synopsis

The sun, smoking behind a haze of cloud, threw off a light of burnished pewter. Mysteriously lit, it was as if the watery, colorless land refused drabness, stood determinedly against dimishment. This is a landscape that can easily deceive, the fens, a landscape that volunteers nothing, as if to say, a landscape that volunteers nothing, as to say, You’re on your own, mate–much like the habitues of the only pub for miles around called The Case Has Altered.
The Lincolnshire fens are the right setting for Richard Jury’s latest case, a mystifying double murder. The body of one woman is found on the wash; another woman lies floating in a canal in Windy Fen. Both women are connected with Fengate: Dorcas Reese, a servant; Verna Dunn, the louche ex-wife of the owner, Max Owen, a man with a passion for antiques. So when the principal suspect turns out to be Jenny Kennington, a woman Jury has long loved, he decides he needs someone inside Fengate, someone who can impersonate an antiques expert…

About Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of more than thirty books, twenty-five of them featuring Richard Jury. The recipient of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, Grimes lives in Bethesda, Maryland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria on December 28, 2010

The solution to the murder mystery was interesting but it took a long time to get there. I didn't really understand Jury's relationship with Jenny and I didn't really care to. Zehl was the most interesting character. Did not feel at all invested in the other characters.......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on May 13, 2018

Another excellent Richard Jury mystery with a large role for Melrose Plant as they work together to solve a dual murder case using their powers of observation and thinking out of the box. If you are not familiar with these mysteries, I strongly encourage you to read one. Good reading with a bit of h......more

Goodreads review by Rick on March 14, 2023

Major characters: Max Owen, master of Fengate Grace Owen, his wife Jack Price, their nephew; a sculptor Verna Dunn, Max's first wife, an actress, victim #1 Dorcas Reese, the Owens' maid, victim #2 Lady Jennifer Kennington, Verna;'s cousin and the prime suspect in her death Annie Suggins, the Owens' cook Bu......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on April 24, 2009

I have read most of the books in this "Richard Jury" series, and I really like them. The storylines are fairly usual murder mystery type of plots, but the characters are great. They are all unique and funny, and the books don't take themselves too seriously. Plus, the books are a neat little glimpse......more