Review: The Lamorna Wink
from Library Journal, October 1, 1999
Those yearning for a new Inspector Jury mystery after Grimes's
nonmystery Biting the Moon will find this a bit of a tease, since Jury
doesn't show up until two-thirds of the way through. Instead, the
story centers on Jury regular Melrose Plant/Lord Ardry, along with an
intriguing, brilliant police friend of Jury's, Brian Macalvie, as they
investigate the disappearance of one woman, the murder of another,
and the horrific, four-year-old unsolved death of two children who
lived in the Cornwall house Plant is renting. Ultimately, the events
converge, and Jury appears to wrap things up. There are fewer
wacky characters here and perhaps an even more far-fetched plot
than in Stargazey, but fans will nevertheless demand this.
-- Francine Fialkoff, Library Journal
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