The Anodyne Necklace

A spinster whose passion is bird-watching, a dotty peer who pinches pennies, and a baffling murder make the tiny village of Littlebourne a most extraordinary place. And a severed finger makes a ghastly clue in the killing that leads local constables from a corpse to a boggy footpath to a beautiful lady’s mansion. But Richard Jury prefers to take the less traveled route to a slightly disreputable pub, the Anodyne Necklace. There, drinks all around loosen enough tongues to link a London mugging with the Littlebourne murder and a treasure map that will chart the way to yet another chilling crime.

The third in the bestselling Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes.