01879cam a2200337 i 4500 295915764 TxAuBib 20140304120000.0 020723s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001045433 9780670030453 0670030457 (OCoLC)50217252 eng rda TxAuBib rda Grimes, Martha, 1931- The Grave Maurice [BOOK] : a Richard Jury mystery / Martha Grimes. New York : Viking, 2002. 424 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Richard Jury mysteries ; 18 "Jury once again turns to Melrose Plant, his best friend, amateur sleuth and former 8th Earl of Caverness, to delve into the singular world of horse breeding and racing Š and he quickly encounters a corpse dumped on the Ryder Stud Farm¹s training ring. Meanwhile, Nell Ryder is alive, in hiding and trying to save horses from a Premarin mill, a horse farm dedicated to collecting the urine of pregnant mares for HRT, the hormone replacement therapy drug for women. Running out of time to save all of the horses and afraid of discovery, Nell hides from her former kidnappers, the police, and Vernon Rice, the multimillionaire financier and step-brother who has hired a detective to help track her down. And with Jury soon out of the hospital and into the hunt, the book accelerates around the track to its calamitous ending.". 20100106. Horse racing England Fiction. Jury, Richard (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police England Fiction. Abduction England Fiction. Mystery fiction. Richard Jury mysteries ; 18.