Book, Paperback Martha Grimer Published in: 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster US Language: English Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in Londons financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tesss death was accidentala direct result of vertigobut the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.Jury learns that a nine-year-old girl fell to her death five years before Tess at the same place in Devon where Tess died, at a small house party. Jury seeks out the five surviving party guests, who are now adults, hoping they can shed light on this bizarre coincidence. Ultimately, four deathstwo in the past, two that occur on the pages of this intricate, compelling novelkeep Richard Jury and his sidekick Sergeant Wiggins running from their homes in Islington to