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Plot Summary of The Lamorna Wink
"When a local woman comes up missing, reported by her frantic nephew, and an unidentified body is found, everyone assumes the worst. In Martha Grimes' latest Superintendent Jury episode, naturally Scotland Yard is called in. This time,
however, Grimes has shipped Jury off on a wild goose chase to North Ireland and longtime friend Melrose Plant takes on the responsibilities (unofficially, of course, as he
is a wealthy, unemployed, member of the peerage, and has no connection to the police other than through his friendship with Jury). In “The Lamorna Wink,” the 15th Richard Jury
novel, Grimes takes us to Devon/Cornwall and she takes along the usual gang of Grimes' “suspects”--Aunt Agatha, Sgt. Wiggins, Marshall Trueblood, Diane Demorney, to name a
few. Grimes is on form with this edition of the popular series, and the conclusion of this mystery does not come without its surprises. She usually springs the “solutions”--which also includes generous servings of Old Peculiar!--in a pub setting (The Lamorna Wink is
an actual pub, as are the titles of all the Jury mysteries). This book is certainly worth a second round of the innkeeper's best!
"
Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Lamorna Wink
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very humorous - very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kind of investigator - british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Small town? Yes

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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