Vertigo 42

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In her latest Richard Jury mystery, Martha Grimes presents a captivating addition to her bestselling series, praised by The Washington Post for its wit and unique style. Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury meets Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar in London, where Tom insists his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago, despite the original investigation concluding her death was accidental due to vertigo. With the case still open, Jury agrees to revisit it. He discovers that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death at the same Devon country house five years prior, during a party Tess hosted for children. Jury interviews the five surviving guests, now adults, in hopes of uncovering connections between the two tragedies. As the investigation unfolds, a well-dressed woman falls to her death from a nearby cottage tower, followed by the murder of her estranged husband. With four deaths—two historical and two recent—Jury and Sergeant Wiggins race across Islington, Devon, and London to determine if the incidents are linked and whether they were accidental. Combining humor, literary references, and an intricate plot, this novel showcases Grimes's mastery in the mystery genre.