I am looking for early Martha Grimes interviews, especially when she talks about The Anodyne Necklace or The Old Silent. Can anyone tell me where I can find old Martha Grimes interviews or send me ones they have saved? My email is: mystery_perry@yahoo.com

Thanks so much!

Did you look at the interview right here at MysteryNet?

http://www.mysterynet.com/books/testimony/grimes.shtml

I don't see any interviews dating back that far.

Dust is just depressing. When I started reading it, I was startled by the (so un- Jurylike) sex scenes and was hoping it would turn out to be a dream, with the man waking up thinking, "Ah, to be 21 again!" Assuming Jury WAS only a baby during the bombing of London (instead of a child, as he remembers), that would still put him in his mid-60s today. Even if he were using uber-Viagra, I doubt if he could have managed sex with Phyllis and Lu (several times!) in the same 24 hours ... why not include him having a go at Carole-Anne and Mrs. Wasserman, just for good measure? The rest of the novel is so disjuncted and confusing, I ended up wondering if the author had assigned a bunch of her students to write scenes for a novel and then just strung them together. I'm worried about Martha Grimes.

I was so disappointed in Dust, I went online and did a search of Dust, to find a discussion of this messy plot...I have read most of her works...missed the last one, but this one...was really not up to par.

I agree with most of the posts I read. The timelines seem all off, the facts don't mesh, too many coincidences of people coming together...and Richard Jury with Lu...just poorly written.

Sorry about this...

I really liked Eileen Morentz post. I was thinking all those thigs while I was reading the book and there were too many inconsistencies and questions left standing.

Also the timelines bothered me, and more and more Jury seems to just be there and does not investigate. He just waltzes around. Suspects are not investigated (The priest, Gilbert himself, the bartender....). Now he is best friends with the murderer from the last book.

Who was with Lu in the car?. Someone died in the accident.

Why Jury's sex life comes into play?.

Why there are two books in a row with no ending?.

Oooooohhhhhh!!!!. I was left displeased after Dust.

Thank heavens, I was not the only one confused with DUST. I actually love Martha Grimes and trying to complete all her books. I already have 18. My jaw like dropped when I reached the end of the book still unenlightened. I thought my IQ has deteriorated because, I really didn't get the story. What's Bertie's motive? And what's Billy's connection with the story of someone pushing the cook's sisters, did she blame him for it? Did Lu just go to Mrs. Ames' house to tell her about Billy's murder being solved? Was Oswald telling the truth anyway? Why is this ending preferable than the other theories along the way? Did Phyllis know about Jury and Lu? sigh...someone help me. etc....

I've just finished Dust and was so confused by the ending, that in my usual way, I thought I must be stupid. So went back to check characters again. No luck. Just who pushed the children off the raft???? And why did that lead back to Rose Ames at the end (who must have been an adult during the war). And why was Lu in a near fatal crash at the end? And what's with the geriatric sex? What's going on? Can someone smarter than I enlighten me?

As unsatisfying as Dust's conclusion is, I think Grimes was experimenting with Jamesian detective fiction, especially Turn of the Screw, whose ending is just as ambiguous as Dust's. Grimes' novel is set mostly at Lamb House, Billy is described as obsessed with James' work, etc., so it makes a certain sense that the novel itself would mirror James' motifs and technique. That said, I'd sure like to know who knocked Annie's sisters off the life boat and why the novel ends with Lu's nearly dying. The novel's last line, spoken by Phyllis, repeats Jury's earlier statement about "running all the way," but even so, I'm no closer to the plot's conclusion. Maybe all that riotous sex with Lu loosened Jury's marbles & he's no closer to understanding the case of Billy Maples than we are. Gotta watch that sex thing, especially after sixty, I guess.

Well, thank heavens I'm not the only one who's confused and frustrated at the end of DUST. If it turns out that Lu was also sleeping with Wiggins, I'm going to tear my hair out...