Martha’s fans talk about what they like most about her books
See Martha's fans talk about what they like most about her books.
Reviews and Interviews for Fadeaway Girl
The latest installment in the endless carnival of crime at sleepy La Porte, Md., involves still another return to the storied past.
Saving Stephen Strasburg
Short essay by Martha Grimes
Reviews and Interviews for THE BLACK CAT
Washington Post Review, Sun Sentinel, Treasure Coast Palm Beach and many others publish reviews of Martha's latest book THE BLACK CAT.
THE BLACK CAT
It's been more than three years since Martha Grimes dazzled critics with the New York Times bestselling mystery DUST. Now Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent Richard Jury is back in THE BLACK CAT (Viking Publishing, April 6, 2010; $25.95, 336 pp)
Rave Reviews for DUST
"Both [THE OLD WINE SHADES and DUST] are delightful, surprising, even magical ... witty novels that Grimes concocts. They truly are novel and, once come upon, they can become necessary."
Series author explains ‘animalist’ aims
Fortunately for her readers, Martha Grimes has a hard time letting go. “Everything seems to turn into a series with me even when I don’t mean it to,” said Grimes, a Capitol Hill resident who is best known for the 22 mystery novels she has written about Richard Jury, a Scotland Yard detective.
An Author Gets Back at Publishing
WASHINGTON - "I was fired from Knopf!" said the mystery writer Martha Grimes. "Sonny didn't want the next Jury book," she said, speaking of Sonny Mehta, editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf, and Ms. Grimes's 18-book series about an urbane British detective, Richard Jury, all named after English pubs, like "The Blue Last" and "The Grave Maurice."
Martha Grimes: Woman of Mystery
She’s written 30 novels and sold 5 million books worldwide. But few Washingtonians recognize Martha Grimes. And that’s okay with her.