About this title: The more bodies packing a pub, the better, unless they're dead bodies. A small town must combat murder among their own, caused by one of their own. "The Man with a Load of Mischief" is a Richard Jury mystery.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780440153276ISBN:0440153271
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, light aging, stk #2286t7. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780440153276ISBN:0440153271
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Proceeds support Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis. Searching for a cure! Price sticker on front. Book is very good condition. Slight shipping wear on cover Thank you for looking! Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0440153271 This mass market paperback book is in REAL GOOD SHAPE! ! FIRST PRINTING! ! Some creasing of the spine and minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a book that looks a wrinkle or two away from near new! read more
Description: Very Good. 0440153271 Mass Market Paperback, light edgewear, some reading creases, very light age tanning within, other light wear. read more
Description: Pages are clean and in good condition, small stain on the top on the front cover and inside front cover, no writing or highlighting on inside book pages, average wear on the cover. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780440153276ISBN:0440153271
Description: Good. No Jacket. Edges Bumped, Spine Creased, Chip On Front Cover Corner, Sm. Tear On Spine Corner, Interior Unmarked, Good Copy. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780440153276ISBN:0440153271
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light shelf wear. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Edition: 5th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780440153276ISBN:0440153271
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Some browning to pages. Minor soiling to wraps and page edges. Light shelf wear. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Edition: 4th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780440153276ISBN:0440153271
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light shelf wear. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
"I'm glad I got to read this first Richard Jury mystery cause it filled in the gaps as to how he met all the inhabitants of Long Piddleton. It's another comfortable mystery series like Tony Hillerman or on a smaller scale of characters, Sue Grafton. (has she finished up the alphabet yet? Our library has her up to G.) Anyway T.M.W.A.L.O.M. was comfortable reading so I finished it in a day. I'm still wondering whatever happened to Martha Grimes while she was writing The Blue Last? It was so spacey and didn't have an ending."
"I read a Martha Grimes mystery years ago and loved it. My father-in-law gave me another recently, and I loved it, which resparked my interest in her books. She's an American, but Grimes writes an excellent classic British mystery.
This is the first in the series of Richard Jury mysteries. We are introduced to all the main characters that will reappear in the further books - Melrose Plant, his aristocratic sidekick; Wiggins, his hypochondriacal sergeant; Marshall Trueblood, the gay antiques dealer; Vivian Rivington, the woman both Jury and Plant are interested in; Chief Racer, Jury's horrible boss; Mrs. Wasserman, his paranoid downstairs neighbor; Fiona Clingmore, Racer's beautiful but aging secretary; Cyril, the obtuse cat; and Melrose's obnoxious Aunt Agatha.
Two bizarre and public murders calls Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to Northhamptonshire (Northants), where he meets Melrose and Marshall. Long Piddleton, the town in question, will continue to be a player in all future books.
I won't get into details of plot; suffice to say that the Jury mysteries rank right up there with P.D. James and Agatha Christie. Why are all these fabulous mystery writers women???"
"Most of the time I have to read 3 books at a time. There's usually a non-fiction book for days when I can handle it, a novel and some short stories. I used to read Stephen King before bed, but every few pages I would get scared and wake up again. More and more there's one of these british mysteries for putting me to sleep. I have read most of Martha Grimes' Richard Jury books and "the details are divine", Grimes' "wit sparkes, her plots intrigue, and her characters are absolutely unforgettable"."
"I liked this book. I found it interesting and fun. There were a lot of characters to get mixed up but in the end I didn't mind. I enjoyed the delightful ineptness of Lady Andry and the clever ex-Lord Plant. I loved the charactization of Inspector Jury. All in all I thought it was a great, quick, cozy read."
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