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      The Dirty Duck

      by Martha Grimes
      Published
      Apr 1984
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      256
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      Series
      A Richard Jury Novel Book 4

      About This Book

      "Nothing ever happens in Stratford:" insisted Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Besides the stage murders committed nightly at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a real one had been performed not far from the Dirty Duck, a popular pub. The victim had been a member of an exclusive tour troupe. The murderer seemed to be a member of an exclusive group, too: those rare homicidal maniacs compelled to leave an intentional clue--in this case, a fragment of Elizabethan verse.

      Now a nine-year-old boy from the same tour had vanished and Superintendent Jury was worried. For, if the killer intended to finish the rhyme, would it spell death for Stratford with each new line?

      Series Placement

      Book 4
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      Sep 1990 Dell ISBN13 9780440120506 ISBN10 0440120500
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      Jun 2004 Onyx ISBN13 9780451411396 ISBN10 0451411390
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      Hardcover

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      First Edition Apr 1984 Little, Brown ISBN13 9780316328838 ISBN10 0316328839
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      Apr 2013 Scribner ISBN13 9781476732862 ISBN10 1476732868
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      Apr 2013 Scribner ISBN10 B00BHHDMP0
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      Jan 1993 Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN13 9780671759896 ISBN10 0671759892
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      Aug 1998 Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN13 9780671577667 ISBN10 0671577662
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      Jul 2013 Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN10 B00D6JQCK4
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      Nov 1984 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780896215726 ISBN10 0896215725
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