Martha Grimes Online Radio interview with Bill Thompson’s “Eye on Books”
Bill Thompson
February 7th, 2011
The problem when you’re an author renowned for an ongoing series of mysteries is that, as Martha Grimes puts it, everything you write is marketed as a mystery, even when there is nothing in a particular book to indicate a mystery… listen to the full interview
The New York Times review of Fadeaway Girl
The New York Times
February 13, 2011
FADEAWAY GIRL (Viking, $26.95) may not be the ideal introduction to the adventures of 12-year-old Emma Graham, since the plot is too complicated to follow if you’re not familiar with previous books in the semi-autobiographical series Martha Grimes has set in some nostalgic post-World War II time warp… read the full review
For Grimes, love of stories no mystery
By Julia Keller CULTURAL CRITIC
February 12, 2011
If she weren’t writing mysteries, Martha Grimes says, she might be running a tea shop. You were expecting perhaps an auto-parts store? No, you weren’t. Not if you know Grimes’ work… read the full review
Seattle Times review of Fadeaway girl
Seattle Times
February 12, 2011
Another intrepid and observant adolescent, Emma Graham, explored decades-old linked mysteries in Martha Grimes’ 2005 book “Belle Ruin.” But it was to no avail, and she carries on in Grimes’ “Fadeaway Girl” (Viking, 323 pp., $26.95). (The title refers to the mystery, but it also echoes a style of drawing that creates an illusory girl who fades into the background.)… read the full review
Bookreporter.com review of Fadeaway Girl
By Roz Shea
February 8, 2011
Bestselling mystery writer Martha Grimes — creator of the popular Richard Jury novels, which carry the names of quaint pubs in picturesque British villages — offers the third installment of a new mystery series featuring Emma Graham.… read the full review
Dallas Morning News interview with Martha Grimes: Author Martha Grimes admires her heroine’s imagination
By David Martindale / Special Contributor
February 4, 2011
When Martha Grimes takes time away from her best-selling series of Richard Jury mysteries to write about a precocious 12-year-old sleuth and aspiring journalist, she mixes autobiographical self-portrait with a helping of wish-fulfillment… read the full review