Martha Grimes

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University of Iowa |genre=Detective fiction |awards=Nero Award (1983) |website= }} Martha Grimes (born May 2, 1931) is an American writer of detective fiction. She is best known for a series featuring Richard Jury, a Scotland Yard inspector, and Melrose Plant, an aristocrat turned amateur sleuth. Provided by Wikipedia