The Anodyne Necklace
Author | : Martha Grimes |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2013-03-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781476732855 |
ISBN-13 | : 147673285X |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The third in the bestselling Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes. A spinster whose passion was bird-watching, a dotty peer who pinched pennies, and a baffling murder made the tiny village of Littlebourne a most extraordinary place. And a severed finger made a ghastly clue in the killing that led local constables from a corpse to a boggy footpath to a beautiful lady’s mansion. But Richard Jury refused, preferring to take the less traveled route to a slightly disreputable pub, the Anodyne Necklace. There, drinks all around loosened enough tongues to link a London mugging with the Littlebourne murder and a treasure map that would chart the way to yet another chilling crime.