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When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique secretaire a abattant, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: "I bought the desk, not the body, send it back." Who would want to kill Simon Lean, the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston? Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs...if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from Gravesend, can swear to it.
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Richard Jury: The Five Bells and Bladebone, Martha Grimes
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- Released
- 2002
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- Subtitle
- A Richard Jury Novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Martha Grimes
- Publisher
- NAL
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 334
- ISBN10
- 0451410386
- ISBN13
- 9780451410382
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Suspense, Murders, Detective Fiction, British Literature, England, Great Britain, Detective, London, Revenge, Corpse, Scotland Yard
- Original title
- The five bells and bladebone
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique secretaire a abattant, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: "I bought the desk, not the body, send it back." Who would want to kill Simon Lean, the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston? Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs...if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from Gravesend, can swear to it.