Martha Grimes: The Winds of Change (UK 2018)

From the Publisher:
When an unidentified five-year-old girl is shot on a grimy street in London, Jury knows this will be one of the hardest investigations of his career. He is joined by his colleague DI Johnny Blakeley, head of the paedophile unit of New Scotland Yard, who suspects Viktor Baumann, owner of an iniquitous house on the same street - an operation Blakeley has been long trying to shut down.

Meanwhile, at Angel Gate, where Jury's trusty sidekick, Melrose Plant, is now a gardener, an unidentified woman has been murdered in the grounds of Declan Scott's estate. First on the scene is commander of the Devon and Cornwall police, Brian Macalvie. Three years earlier, Declan Scott's four-year-old stepdaughter, Flora, was abducted and shortly after her disappearance, her mother died too, leaving Declan bereft.

Together Jury, Macalvie, Blakeley and Plant rake over the past and the present and find that all sign posts point to the guilt of Viktor Baumann, who happens to be Flora's father. But when no one in this case is exactly who they seem, how can Jury be sure?

Martha Grimes: The Winds of Change. A Richard Jury Mystery. Grove Press, ISBN: 9781611859218 (August, 2018), eBook, 1.34 MB, £1.99.

Martha Grimes: The Winds of Change (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
Richard Jury embarks on the darkest investigation of his career when the dead body of a young London girl leads to the cold case of a missing girl in Launceston - an unsolved mystery that has haunted Police Officer Brian Macalvie for years.

Martha Grimes: The Winds of Change. A Richard Jury Novel. Signet, ISBN: 0451216962 (November, 2005), 366 p., $7.99.

Martha Grimes: The Winds of Change (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
Brian Macalvie of the Devon and Cornwall police takes this failure especially hard, since he had headed up the investigation three years ago when Flora disappeared one day from the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Scott's step-daughter has vanished. His wife Mary has died.

Joined by the intrepid Melrose Plant, now a gardener at Angel Gate, Jury and Macalvie rake over the present and the past in a pub near Launceston called the Winds of Change. In a case where the victim is as hard to identify as the murderer and where no one is exactly who he seems, how can Jury be sure that he himself hasn't been duped in some game of illusion?

Martha Grimes: The Winds of Change. A Richard Jury Mystery. Viking, ISBN: 0670033278 (August, 2004), 407 p., $25.95.