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by Martha Grimes (Author) "She came out of the fog, her face painted half-white, half-black, walking down Grape Lane..." (more)
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Scotland Yard's Richard Jury and his sidekick Melrose Plant converge on a northern fishing village to hunt down a wily killer.

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Onyx (June 3, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0451410688
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451410689
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Curry and Grimes a winning combination, July 27, 2004
A beautiful woman lies dead, her blood covering her party costume, and smearing her Harlequin face paint. She is a stranger, so not only do people wonder who killed her, but why kill a stranger? Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury and his pal Melrose Plant are sharing a pint at the local pub The Old Fox Deceiv'd, when this came swirling with danger and deception touches them. Foxes are abound - the pub carries one in the name, Jury and Melrose find the only way to trap a foxy
killer is to ride to the foxes.

It's typically Grimes all the way, the humor dry and droll, and brought to life by the ever-so-talent Tim Curry. I just cannot imagine anyone but Curry reading Grimes. He brings all the characters to life. While my preferred medium is reading in print, I cannot resist all the Curry-Grimes tapes. They are just too perfect!

If you love British Mysteries, you cannot pass on these tapes. If you are a Curry fan, you simply need to hear him doing Aunt Agatha and Gwendolyn! This was the second in the Jury-Plant series.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Second In The Series Sets Style, June 25, 2007
By Happy Chappy "An Avid Reader." (Elk Grove, California) - See all my reviews
  
The Old Fox Deceiv'd, by Martha Grimes, is the second in the series of this exceptionally well writted series featuring Richard Jury and Melrose Plant. The reparte between the two primary characters and their growing friendship is really the best part of this series. If you are new to the series, than congratulations... you have found an excellent series by a very witty and gifted author. Some of the books - like any series - are much better than others. In this novel, the style of having Melrose essentially sent on assignment is made, with excellent results. Reading along as Melrose plays jr. detective is very funny. The mystery here is just nifty enough to make this a 4 star read. For those of you new to the series, here are the books in order:

The Man with a Load of Mischief
The Old Fox Deceived
The Anodyne Necklace
The Dirty Duck
Jerusalem Inn
Help the Poor Struggler
The Deer Leap
I am the only Running Footman
The Five Bells and Bladebone
The Old Silent
The Old Contemptibles
The Horse You Came In on
Rainbow's End
The Case has Altered
The Stargazey
The Lamorna Wink
The Blue Last
The Grave Maurice
The Winds of Change
The Old Wine Shades
Dust
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3.0 out of 5 stars More Plant, Please!, December 7, 2002
By Jan Knott (Alto, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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Anticipating more of the humor and eccentricities that characterized the first in this series, The Man with a Load of Mischief, I was disappointed to find much of it missing in this second book, The Old Fox Deceiv'd. The plot is as intelligent and intriguing as all of Grimes' stories in the Richard Jury series, but I prefer it balanced with the charm and delightful characterizations of the denizes of that English village Long Piddleton. While Richard Jury is Grimes' hero in this series, the character of Melrose Plant is the one that makes me keep returning to these books for more.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written second entry in a pretty good series
This is the second in the Chief Inspector Richard Jury murder mysteries, and this time Scotland Yard sends him off to assist in investigating a murder in the cliffside fishing... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael K. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable mystery
I have all of the Ms. Grimes' book and they are very entertaining. Once you start reading them you can't stop.
Published 12 months ago by J. R. Hartz

3.0 out of 5 stars intriguing but not as funny
As the previous reviewer said, I enjoyed The Man with a Load of Mischief largely for the humor, and that was provided by the characters of Melrose Plant and his Aunt Agatha and by... Read more
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