The Five Bells and Bladebone

Major characters: Sadie Diver, a hairdresser Timmy Diver, her brother, a tugboat hand Ruby Firth, neighbor to Sadie, a decorator Simon Lean, publisher's accountant Hannah Lean, Simon's wife/widow Eleanor, Lady Summerston; Hannah's grandmother Joanna Lewes, romance author Theo Wrenn Browne, bookseller Diane D......more

I am Martha Grimes’s fan but do not love every oeuvre. I reflect favourites with an excitement that is distinguishable. I disbelieve in the feedback of people who give all of an author’s output high marks. Martha is prolific and some stories ended too bluntly to assimilate. “The Five Bells And Blade......more

The best of the series so far. Convoluted plot, as always, but not as difficult to follow as previous books. Very interesting characters as well.......more

I'd already read this one, possibly more than once, but when I decided to listen to the audiobook I was ready to settle in for yet another splendidly read tale from Steve West, who has done all the Inspector Jury books I've listened to so far. Thing is, I kept going to sleep while listening. Well, I......more

A wonderful story as all Martha Grimes characters gather. Jury is in town and on hand as antiquarian Marshall Townsend receives a delivery of a piece of furniture -- only thing? There's a body in it. The body is Simon Lean -- a known philanderer who is married to a Hannah, wealthy, laid back and app......more