jury, richard (fictitious character)

Melrose Plant, aristocratic sidekick of Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, leases an estate in Cornwall only to learn he cannot escape the murderous tendencies of his fellow man, or the company of his dreaded Aunt Agatha.

Inspector Richard Jury is dispatched to Long Piddleton, Northants, to help solve many murders.

The town sheriff, trapped in a loveless marriage, turns his attentions to Maud, a writer, and to the murders of three local women.

Richard Jury is pulled into the investigation of a wealthy bachelor's murder and finds himself in over his head as he is thrown into London's nightlife to learn more about the victim's mysterious past.