martha grimes the man with a load of mischief

Over ten years, I filled in all but ' The Man With A Load Of Mischief', 1981. I was surprised to learn a new word before reading this. She splits her time between homes in Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Martin's Store is accessible by a short walkway from Mountain Lake, the site of the former Hotel, which was torn down in 1967. One of the characters, Mr Britain, is drawn on Britten Leo Martin, Sr, who then ran Marti's Store which he owned with his father and brother. The background to Hotel Paradise is drawn on the experiences she enjoyed spending summers at her mother's hotel in Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. Her page-turning, character-driven tales fall into the mystery subdivision of 'cozies.' In 1983, Grimes received the Nero Wolfe Award for best mystery of the year for The Anodyne Necklace.

Each of the Jury mysteries is named after a pub. Grimes is best known for her series of novels featuring Richard Jury, an inspector with Scotland Yard, and his friend Melrose Plant, a British aristocrat who has given up his titles.

She has taught at the University of Iowa, Frostburg State University, and Montgomery College. She was born May 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to D.W., a city solicitor, and to June, who owned the Mountain Lake Hotel in Western Maryland where Martha and her brother spent much of their childhood. Martha Grimes is an American author of detective fiction.

Martha grimes the man with a load of mischief