01283cam a2200277 4500 1261891691 TxAuBib 911010s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 91058556 9780679411260 0679411267 9780345376572 pbk. 0345376579 pbk. (OCoLC)3794 DLC DLC DOC CSB OCL BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCQ HIR TxAuBib Grimes, Martha. The end of the pier / Martha Grimes. New York : Knopf, 1992. 229 p. ; 22 cm. Maud Chadwick sits at the end of the pier, watching the party across the water. Sometimes she is joined by Sheriff Sam DeGheyn, who finds her quiet company a refuge from the problems of his own marriage and from his increasing professional concerns. For the town's sleepy atmosphere is deceptive: three local women have been murdered and Sam suspects the wrong man has been convicted and that the real killer is readying himself to strike again. Mothers and sons Fiction. Waitresses Fiction. Sheriffs Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Mystery fiction.