one point she was his only living relative, but she is deceased in later titles. She lived in Newcastle with her husband, Brendan, and four children. Ashley and "White Ellie" Cripps, an unconventional London family with many children. White Ellie is so named because she is as large (and, her husband thinks, as useless) as the proverbial white elephant. Bea Slocum, lives with the Crippses and is Melrose Plant's elusive love interest. Helped Jury and Plant solve the mystery of a stolen painting. Bea is a talented painter and her portrait of Melrose showcases both her talent and his elusiveness. Ellen Taylor, a New York writer who lives in Baltimore, and another elusive love interest of Melrose Plant. Jury, Plant, and Wiggins travel to Baltimore to solve the mysterious death of a young woman. Jenny Kennington, Jury's elusive love interest, and later, Plant's. Jury helped her recover a stolen necklace and later helped clear her of a murder she didn't commit. Adaptations The Man With a Load of Mischief, Help the Poor Struggler and The Deer Leap were filmed for German and Austrian television under the titles Der Tote im Pub (The Dead Man in the Pub) (2013), Mord im Nebel (Murder in the Fog) (2015), Inspektor Jury spielt Katz und Maus (Inspector Jury Plays Cat-and-mouse) (2017), and Inspektor Jury: Der Tod des Harlekins (The Death of the Harlequin) (2018). Fritz Karl starred as Jury, with Götz Schubert as Plant and Katharina Thalbach as "Lady" Agatha Ardry. References Fictional male detectives Jury, Richard Literary characters introduced in 1981 Characters in British novels of the 20th century