Vertigo 42: A Richard Jury Mystery

Martha Grimes, bestselling author of "Vertigo 42," brings back the incomparable Richard Jury in the latest installment of her popular mystery series. With her trademark droll wit and fantastic characters, Grimes creates an intriguing whodunit that captivates readers from beginning to end. Renowned author Susan Isaacs raves, "Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her unique droll wit. Vertigo 42 is one smart mystery!"

In this installment, Richard Jury meets Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar located on the forty-second floor of a London office building in the financial district. Tom is convinced that his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago, despite inconclusive evidence. Although the inspector in charge of the case concluded that Tess's death was accidental due to vertigo, the case remains open, leading Jury to agree to reexamine it.

As Jury delves deeper, he discovers that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death at the same location in Devon five years before Tess's demise, during a small house party. Jury tracks down the five surviving party guests, now adults, in hopes that they can shed light on this strange coincidence. The narrative follows Jury and his partner Sergeant Wiggins as they investigate four deaths - two historical and two current, unfolding across Islington, Devon, and London - to determine their accidental or connected nature.

Grimes's "Vertigo 42" is a well-written and witty novel, complete with literary references from Thomas Hardy to Yeats, and presents a captivating page-turner from a masterful mystery writer.

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