Dust — Martha Grimes

A young friend pulls Scotland Yard's Richard Jury into the life--and death--of a wealthy bachelor....

The once-charismatic Billy Maples was last seen in a club named Dust, before his murder in a trendy London hotel. Proving as inscrutable--and challenging--to Jury as the case is the beautiful detective inspector....

Before his death, Maples was a patron of London's finest art galleries and caretaker of author Henry James's house in Rye. It's there Jury installs Melrose Plant, a man who takes his job to heart, as Jury closes in on the dark secrets behind Maples's friends and family....