The Old Contemptibles

  • Author: Martha Grimes
  • Narrator: Steve West
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 11:17:17
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Synopsis

Following a passionate and troubled love affair with a pretty widow named Jane Holdsworth, Jury finds himself, unaccountably, a suspect in a murder investigation. Detained in London, Jury sends his friend Melrose Plant, former Earl of Caverness, to the Holdsworth family’s Lake District home to pose as an eccentric librarian. Plant discovers that his catalogue cards contain less data on Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey than they do on tantalizing questions about the Holdsworths: What happened to Crabbe Holdsworth’s first wife? What happened to his son, Graham? What happened to the cook Annie?
And what might happen to the two children, favorites of rich old Adam Holdworth, who prefers the ambience of a swank retirement home, Castle Howe, where he and the elegant Lady Cray can drive the staff crazy? Jury and Sergeant Wiggins finally join Melrose at the Old Contemptibles pub, where they arrive at a solution that Jury detests, for no matter what he does, innocence will suffer.

Chapters

  • The Old Contemptibles 01 Title

    Duration: 28s
  • The Old Contemptibles 02 Prologue

    Duration: 19min
  • The Old Contemptibles 03 Chapter 1

    Duration: 24min
  • The Old Contemptibles 04 Chapter 2

    Duration: 12min
  • The Old Contemptibles 05 Chapter 3

    Duration: 13min
  • The Old Contemptibles 06 Chapter 4

    Duration: 13min
  • The Old Contemptibles 07 Chapter 5

    Duration: 21min
  • The Old Contemptibles 08 Chapter 6

    Duration: 19min
  • The Old Contemptibles 09 Chapter 7

    Duration: 11min
  • The Old Contemptibles 10 Chapter 8

    Duration: 08min
  • The Old Contemptibles 11 Chapter 9

    Duration: 04min
  • The Old Contemptibles 12 Chapter 10

    Duration: 21min
  • The Old Contemptibles 13 Chapter 11

    Duration: 07min
  • The Old Contemptibles 14 Chapter 12

    Duration: 11min
  • The Old Contemptibles 15 Chapter 13

    Duration: 08min
  • The Old Contemptibles 16 Chapter 14

    Duration: 10min
  • The Old Contemptibles 17 Chapter 15

    Duration: 28min
  • The Old Contemptibles 18 Chapter 16

    Duration: 19min
  • The Old Contemptibles 19 Chapter 17

    Duration: 23min
  • The Old Contemptibles 20 Chapter 18

    Duration: 08min
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