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The Old Contemptibles by Martha Grimes | Winking Fig

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The Old Contemptibles

1991·293 pages

Part of Richard Jury series

Crime Literary Fiction

cozy cozy mystery police procedural who done it

Did Jane Galloway commit suicide or was she murdered? Melrose Plant attempts to determine the identity of Jane's mysterious visitor on the night of her death. Was it Alex's sultry grandmother, Genevieve? Jane's sister, Madeline? Francis Fellows? Or the doctor, Maurice Kingsley?

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The Old Contemptibles

Part of Richard Jury series

Year

1991

Pages

293

Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Thriller

Tags

cozy cozy mystery police procedural who done it

Description

Did Jane Galloway commit suicide or was she murdered? Melrose Plant attempts to determine the identity of Jane's mysterious visitor on the night of her death. Was it Alex's sultry grandmother, Genevieve? Jane's sister, Madeline? Francis Fellows? Or the doctor, Maurice Kingsley?

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