Help the Poor Struggler

For some reason I had trouble following this one. There were a lot of intertwining storylines and the reader needed more reminders of who was who and what happened when, particularly in the end. I got the feeling that this one was rushed to be published as there were some significant editing errors in my library copy and it felt less thought-through than some of the previous ones.

The last Richard Jury book I read was a bit of a disappointment but did this book ever redeem me to Martha Grimes. It was compelling and urgent without being frantic.