The Man With a Load of Mischief

I was surprised to learn a new word before reading this. It is me to a tee: "a completionist". It explains how I shop. I click into "collect every kind" mode. Over ten years, I filled in all but "The Man With A Load Of Mischief", 1981. Having started with the loveable Melrose Plant and Richard Jury,......more

I have been planning on reading this author for years. I am very glad I finally did. At first I thought it was going to be the Holmes-watson style. The genius amateur detective helps the less brilliant Police Inspector. This was not the case, both men are intelligent and capable. Richard Jury is a fa......more

You know you are in the hands of a master when a mystery is simultaneously complex, lyrically-written, character-rich...and hilarious. This was Grimes's first in the Jury series and she went on from strength to strength which, given how much time she must have spent in the pubs for which each book i......more

The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes is the first book in the Inspector Richard Jury mystery series. I've previously read 5 other books in the series but that was 3 or 4 years ago. I was glad to finally read the first book, especially glad as it introduced the core of characters who appe......more

I first read this back in the late eighties, but it still holds up well as a cozy mystery with dark edges. Grimes gets better and better as the series goes on, especially with her humor.......more