A spinster whose passion was birdwatching, a dotty peer who pinched pennies, and a baffling murder made the tiny village of Littlebourne a most extraordiary place. And a severed finger made a most ghastly clue in a killing that led local constables from a corpse on a boggy footpath right to the doorstep of a beautiful lady's mansion.
But Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard preferred to take the less traveled route to a slightly disreputable pub called 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.
Modern English murder mystery. Third in the series with Scotland Yard Inspector Richard Jury. Better than previous ones in the series because it has even more hysterical characters introduced.
A classic who-dun-it with Richard Jury and all the gang a really good read. It isn't even necessary to have read the others each Jury book is great on its own.