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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  irisrose | Jun 20, 2009 |  The Winds of Change is a Richard Jury mystery. I have enjoyed reading Martha Grimes' books for over a decade. I first chose one of her books off the "Local Author" rack at Trover's Books on Capitol Hill. Over the years more characters have entered her stories and stayed giving a wider community for Richard Jury to interact with in stable ways. Her language is still rich and her writing invites the reader to see both the details and scope of the story; that is why this book failed me. The dramatic plot twist is painted in as part of the big picture from the very beginning and when Martha Grimes puts her talent to painting that big picture the salient points jump out. sara_k | Oct 5, 2007 | iamagirldork | Jun 22, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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While examining the body of an unidentified woman murdered in the gardens of Declan Scott’s estate, Angel Gate, Brian Macalvie, commander of the Devon and Cornwall police, realizes he’s been here before. Three years prior, Declan’s stepdaughter, four- year-old Flora, was abducted while she and her mother Mary were visiting the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Shortly after that, Mary Scott herself died, and Declan was devastated by the loss of his child and his wife.
“He really doesn’t need a body in his garden,” says Macalvie.
Joined by the intrepid Melrose Plant, now a gardener at Angel Gate, Jury and Macalvie rake over the present and the past in a pub near Launceston called the Winds of Change. With one of their most serpentine investigations under way, all signs point to the guilt of Viktor Baumann, Mary Scott’s first husband and Flora’s father. But when no one in this case is exactly who he seems, how can Jury be sure?
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