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A review by bioniclib
The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes
3.0
Another excellent entry in the Richard Jury series. It's full of the dry British humor and great turns of phrase, like "Wiggins had managed to turn hypochondria into an art or even a sport." (33)
The characters are once again well done, the setting, too. The plot was solid but I have concerns about the pattern I'm seeing. True, I'm but two books in and I just read the first volume last month so it may be fresh in mind. But it's got me concerned. I'm going to hide the rest of my thoughts because they're uber-spoiler-y.
Two books in a round a woman is murdered in the past by one of the suspects of this murder. The identify of the victims is also unknown or at least called into question. This time Julian killed Dillys years ago. He's suspected of killing Gemma who is trying to pull a fast one on the fam to get the money Dillys was set to inherit. But he didn't. It was Julia, who's the illegitimate granddaughter of the Col.'s late son. And she's mad! She was one of the ones I thought might have done it. So yay, me?
There's also a subplot that has nothing to do with the actual mystery. Bertie's mom flying the coop has nothing to do with the plot but Jury solves it anyway! I feel like this is something that does happen occasionally and I can't remember it happening in the first book so that doesn't quite fit in the pattern I've found. But I wanted to put it in here so I remember it.
The characters are once again well done, the setting, too. The plot was solid but I have concerns about the pattern I'm seeing. True, I'm but two books in and I just read the first volume last month so it may be fresh in mind. But it's got me concerned. I'm going to hide the rest of my thoughts because they're uber-spoiler-y.
Spoiler
Two books in a round a woman is murdered in the past by one of the suspects of this murder. The identify of the victims is also unknown or at least called into question. This time Julian killed Dillys years ago. He's suspected of killing Gemma who is trying to pull a fast one on the fam to get the money Dillys was set to inherit. But he didn't. It was Julia, who's the illegitimate granddaughter of the Col.'s late son. And she's mad! She was one of the ones I thought might have done it. So yay, me?
There's also a subplot that has nothing to do with the actual mystery. Bertie's mom flying the coop has nothing to do with the plot but Jury solves it anyway! I feel like this is something that does happen occasionally and I can't remember it happening in the first book so that doesn't quite fit in the pattern I've found. But I wanted to put it in here so I remember it.