{"product_id":"the-knowledge-martha-grimes-9780802128010","title":"The Knowledge","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the new mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series, MWA Grand Master Martha Grimes brings London's finest and \"the Filth\" together on a double-homicide case that involves Kenyan art, rare gems, astrophysics, and a long-fermented act of revenge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith their signature wit, sly plotting, and gloriously offbeat characters, Martha Grimes's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Richard Jury mysteries are \"utterly unlike anyone else's detective novels\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). In the latest series outing, \u003ci\u003eThe Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, the Scotland Yard detective nearly meets his match in a Baker Street Irregulars-like gang of kids and a homicide case that reaches into east Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Robbie Parsons is one of London's finest, a black cab driver who knows every street, every theater, every landmark in the city by heart. In his backseat is a man with a gun in his hand--a man who brazenly committed a crime in front of the Artemis Club, a rarefied art gallery-cum-casino, then jumped in and ordered Parsons to drive. As the criminal eventually escapes to Nairobi, Detective Superintendent Richard Jury comes across the case in the Saturday paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Two days previously, Jury had met and instantly connected with one of the victims of the crime, a professor of astrophysics at Columbia and an expert gambler. Feeling personally affronted, Jury soon enlists Melrose Plant, Marshall Trueblood, and his whole gang of merry characters to contend with a case that takes unexpected turns into Tanzanian gem mines, a closed casino in Reno, Nevada, and a pub that only London's black cabbies, those who have \"the knowledge,\" can find. \u003ci\u003eThe Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is prime fare from \"one of the most fascinating mystery writers today\" (\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martha Grimes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802128017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802128010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 63\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martha Grimes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986683494655,"sku":"9780802128010","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f07c381-4d04-4d08-9211-a6fb0d30876c.jpg?v=1683284727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-knowledge-martha-grimes-9780802128010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}