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Since the 1979 discovery of her work in a slush pile at Little, Brown, Martha Grimes has gone on to publish more than 30 books, win international acclaim (and a Nero Wolfe Award) for her detective series, and develop a following of readers whose loyalty translates to repeated stays on the best-sellers lists.
This collection of 10 critical essays provides an in-depth analysis of Grimes' oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes' themes of parental abandonment, loneliness, obsession, greed, mistaken and dual identity, the resilience of children, stunted romantic relationships and animal cruelty. Particular attention is paid to her engaging characters, strong sense of place and the comedy, which feature so strongly in her novels.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SARAH D. FOGLE
Martha Grimes and the English
MARCIA J. SONGER
"You're Always Away When the Ax-Murderers Come": The Plight of Disposable Children
DEANE MANSFIELD-KELLEY and LOIS A. MARCHINO
The Significance of Place
MARY ALICE MONEY
"A Play for Us All": Medea and the Spirit Lake Novels
AMY HAUSSER
Identity, Simulacra, and the Hyperreal: Detectives, Murders, and Victims
RHONDA KNIGHT
The Woman's Way: Gender and Fictional Style
NANCY ELIOT PARKER
Humor, Murder and the Ludicrous in Human Behavior
MIMOSA STEPHENSON
Fear of Commitment: Richard Jury, Melrose Plant, and Women
SHERRY GINN
Emma Graham, Detective Quest Hero
SARAH D. FOGLE
Mystery, Murder, Misery and Meat
DIANE CALHOUN-FRENCH
About the Contributor
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