The Dirty Duck, Martha Grimes
The Dirty Duck, Martha Grimes
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The Dirty Duck

Author: Martha Grimes

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2013

Synopsis

The Dirty Duck is a pub in Shakespeare’s beloved Stratford, and in this pub Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida, fresh from a performance of As You Like It, takes her last drink. A few minutes later she is slashed ear to ear, the only clue: two lines from an unknown poem printed across a theater program. The razor-happy murderer, it seems is stalking a group of rich American tourists. And Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, just passing through Stratford for a glimpse of the intriguing Lady Kennington, instead takes a crash course in the bloodier side of Elizabethan verse.

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 Sarah on April 13, 2018

This is the fourth in the series. I am listening to them and they are addictive. The characters are fun and quirky and there are those you just love to hate like Aunt Agatha, lock up your valuables Plant! Richard Jury and his friend solve yet another fascinating mystery with yet another smart kid tha......more

Goodreads review by Jane on November 28, 2022

This book in the Richard Jury series is set in Shakespeare's hometown. The characters are part of a tour group from America, who are being killed one by one. My favorite part of this one, is the reasons behind the killings, you can't miss with good old fashion revenge. Melrose Plant is once again on......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on March 01, 2020

Oftentimes, series take a decade to piece together. In 2017, I finally tried several débuts I owned. Newly acquired “The Man With A Load Of Mischief” got 3 stars, “The Old Fox Deceiv’d” leaped to a fully enthralled 5 stars, and “The Anodyne Necklace” hit 4 stars. 1984’s “The Dirty Duck” just missed......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on August 27, 2020

I'm limiting myself to one/month as I reread this series, hoping that by the time I finish, Grimes will have a new title. (I'll even take a stand-alone. I did love her titles about the publishing industry). Lovely frame here with the mystery started in Stratford, so lots of Shakespeare lines and pla......more

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