I Am the Only Running Footman, Martha Grimes
I Am the Only Running Footman, Martha Grimes
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I Am the Only Running Footman

Author: Martha Grimes

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/29/2013


Synopsis

In a rainy ditch in a Devon wood, a hitchhiker is found dead. Almost a year later, on another rainy night, another murder; this time, however, the victim is found just outside a pub called I Am the Only Running Footman, near Berkeley Square in London’s fashionable Mayfair District. Devon policeman Brian Macalvie is convinced that the two murders are connected. And thus, in his eighth case, Richard Jury is drawn into the so-called Porphyria killings. A particularly elusive pair of murders. From the streets of London to the village of Somers Abbas, Jury and Macalvie are joined by the stolid if hypochondriac Sergeant Wiggins and the reluctant Melrose Plant. They meet in another pub, the Mortal Man, and, amidst the clatter and cry of the Warboys family, they ponder a labyrinthine set of clues.

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 Heather on December 31, 2009

I think I am in an abusive relationship with this series. Every time, I am disappointed, but I keep going back, because I see potential & hope for change, but it doesn't happen. This book was ok. I was excited for the return of Malcavie, but he was underused. There were too many tangents that had no......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on April 21, 2021

Taking five days to finish the 206 pages of “I Am The Only Running Footman” and after only two months, needing to scan someone’s review to recall the plots, signals that Martha Grimes phoned it in. It is my least favourite, in rare agreement with the majority. I gave it three stars, the same as othe......more

Goodreads review by Jane on April 29, 2023

I'm happy to say that Brain Macalvie is back. 'I Am The Only Running Footman' is another book in the Richard Jury series. I love the supporting characters in this series. From Racer, Cyril the cat, and Fiona at Scotland Yard to Carol Ann and Mrs. Wassermann at Jury apartments to Agatha, Trueblood, a......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 28, 2018

This one was a bit confusing to me. I listened to it at home, commuting and while at work so maybe I missed some details, but I had to re-listen to the last fifth of the book again because the ending didn't make much sense to me. I'm not sure whether it's me or the story that is off. Okay, I know I'......more