The Deer Leap

By: Martha Grimes

Narrated by: Steve West

In this Richard Jury adventure, Martha Grimes takes listeners to Ashdown Dean, a little English village where animals are dying in a series of seemingly innocuous accidents. While the puzzling deaths of village pets may raise some idle gossip over a pint or two at the Deer Leap, the village pub, this hardly seems a case for Superintendent Jury of Scotland yard. Nor does it seem much of a challenge for the combined deductive powers of Jury and Melrose, the affable former Earl of Caverness.
It is his mystery writing-writing, amethyst-eyed friend, Polly Praed, who drags Plant and Jury to Ashdown Dean. The impatient Polly, having yanked open a call box in the pouring rain, is ill prepared for what lands at her feet. The now-deadly case is cause for calling in Scotland Yard.

Grimes and West….

Perfect!!! Collecting all of the Jury series. Loving them anytime of the day and nite.

This one is NOT cozy

Generally I find these books nice little escapes with interesting characters and nothing too terribly upsetting. This particular book has interesting characters and is good but is not one of the cozier books. I quite liked some of the introduced characters. There is some animal cruelty in the book just fyi. I definitely said WTF at the ending not in a fun twist sort of way either. I dont only read cozy books I like some darker grittier content but this left me annoyed. I looked at other reviews after and apparently Im not the only one. The next book’s ending may be abrupt too like the author gets fed up writing them. Its such a long running series I assume it picks up the pace again at some point. As always excellent narration.

a good read

I really enjoyed this book. I look forward to the next book in this series.

Not a whodunnit if you have read her previous books

The story is fun, Steve West’s narration is great, but the mystery isn’t mysterious. Worth a listen if you are happy with enjoying the ride.

Another good one

pets, family-dynamics, law-enforcement, suspense, friendship -----.
The characters are clear and interesting, the police work is good on the part of Sgt Wiggins and highly imaginative on Jury's part, the suspense grows as the tale moves along. The ending is sad. 'Nuf said.
Steve West did a fine job as narrator.