Praise for Martha Grimes: "Colorful and beautifully realized characters." -- The Seattle Times , on Fadeaway Girl "The writing is often lovely . with an occasional setting evoked so beautifully that it takes the reader's breath away." -- The Boston Globe , on Fadeaway Girl "Delightful, surprising, even magical . Grimes's love of the offbeat, the whimsical and the absurd makes them utterly unlike anyone else's detective novels." -- Washington Post, on Dust "Delicious . A prime example of Grimes' skill at balancing the serious with the lighthearted . Jury and his posse are terrific companions .

Delightful." -- Seattle Times, on Vertigo 42 "Read any one [of her novels] and you'll want to read them all." -- Chicago Tribune "Intricate and entertaining . A delicious puzzle." -- Boston Globe, on The Horse You Came In On "Wondrously eccentric characters . The details are divine." -- New York Times Book Review, on The Stargazey "Swift and satisfying . grafts the old-fashioned 'Golden Age' amateur-detective story to the contemporary police procedural .

real charm." -- Wall Street Journal, on The Lamorna Wink "The literary equivalent of a box of Godiva truffles . Wonderful." -- Los Angeles Times, on The Stargazey "Witty, atmospheric mysteries . Simply heaven." -- Denver Post , on The Stargazey "Grimes is not the next Dorothy Sayers, not the next Agatha Christie. She is better than both." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Grimes is superlative at describing the physical world .

And, when Grimes takes us into interiors, whether it's a posh country home or a down-at-the-heels flat, she is like Dickens in linking human character to habitat . A stellar series." -- Kirkus Reviews , on Vertigo 42.