{"product_id":"vertigo-42-a-richard-jury-mystery","title":"Vertigo 42 A Richard Jury Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series: “Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her unique droll wit. \u003ci\u003eVertigo 42 \u003c\/i\u003eis one smart mystery!” (Susan Isaacs, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGoldberg Variations\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London’s financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess’s death was accidental—a direct result of vertigo—but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jury learns that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death five years before Tess at the same place in Devon where Tess died, at a small house party. Jury seeks out the five surviving party guests, who are now adults, hoping they can shed light on this bizarre coincidence. Ultimately, four deaths—two in the past, two that occur on the pages of this intricate, compelling novel—keep Richard Jury and his sidekick Sergeant Wiggins running from their homes in Islington to the countryside in Devon and to London as they try to figure out if the deaths were accidental or not. And if they are connected.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Witty, well-written, with literary references from Thomas Hardy to Yeats, \u003ci\u003eVertigo 42\u003c\/i\u003e is a pitch perfect, page-turning novel from a mystery writer at the top of her game.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135708737791,"sku":"*R0044124*","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/21292313482713.jpg?v=1770153296","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/vertigo-42-a-richard-jury-mystery","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}