The Grave Maurice

Richard Jury, Book 18

By: Martha Grimes

Narrated by: Steve West

"Chew on this," says Melrose Plant to Richard Jury, who's in the hospital being driven crazy by Hannibal, a nurse who likes to speculate on his chances for survival. Jury could use a good story, preferably one not ending with his own demise.

Plant tells Jury of something he overheard in The Grave Maurice, a pub near the hospital. A woman told an intriguing story about a girl named Nell Ryder, granddaughter to the owner of the Ryder Stud Farm in Cambridgeshire, who went missing more than a year before and has never been found. What is especially interesting to Plant is that Nell is also the daughter of Jury's surgeon.

But Nell's disappearance isn't the only mystery at the Ryder farm. A woman has been found dead on the track - a woman who was a stranger even to the Ryders.

But not to Plant. She's the woman he saw in The Grave Maurice. Together with Jury, Nell's family, and the Cambridgeshire police, Plant embarks on a search to find Nell and bring her home. But is there more to their mission than just restoring a 15-year-old girl to her family?

The Grave Maurice is the 18th entry in the Richard Jury series and, from its pastoral opening to its calamitous end, is full of the same suspense and humor that devoted listeners expect from Martha Grimes.

©2002 Martha Grimes (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Most Depressing.......But It Is a Good Book

What did you love best about The Grave Maurice?

Richard Drury and Melrose Plants' conversations. They were hilarious in between the darkest of subject matters.

Which character – as performed by Steve West – was your favorite?

Melrose was the winner in this book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Nell's back story

Any additional comments?

Loved and hated this book. Tragedy after tragedy and dark subject matter.

I love all these books

Great story great characters great Steve West I love these books. It’s a wonderful take me away from it all… And I love to visit my friends. Jury and the lot.

Again

Narrator as always exce!lent. I have enjoyed this series and will be sorry when I finish.

Terrific story

Another excellent book by Martha Grimes. I can listen again and again. Richard Jury and Melrose Plant are really good characters. Well, they all are.

Excellent reading and story

I have always enjoyed Martha Grimes books. Her characters are sterling. People you wish you could meet. Steve West does a superb job of bringing the characters to life. This is the 18th Richard Jury book and I plan to listen to all of them!