The Anodyne Necklace, Martha Grimes
The Anodyne Necklace, Martha Grimes
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The Anodyne Necklace

Author: Martha Grimes

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2013


Synopsis

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.

About Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of more than thirty books, twenty-five of them featuring Richard Jury. The recipient of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, Grimes lives in Bethesda, Maryland.


Reviews

“The Anodyne Necklace” came out in 1983 and won awards; which must have been gratifying as Martha Grimes’s third novel. Richard Jury instantly befriended earldom-relinquishing Melrose Plant and I became a fan in the second volume. Richard’s hypochondriac lieutenant, Henry Wiggins, is hilarious; part......more

Goodreads review by Bill

I've enjoyed the Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes very much. The first three or four books were read out of sequence but I've recently begun to read them in order. The Anodyne Necklace is the third book in the series and definitely one of my favorites. While it might not be overly deep a......more

Goodreads review by Stacey

I did enjoy reading this, but not as much as some of the other Richard Jury mysteries. The Old Fox Deceiv'd and Man with a Load of Mischief both had much more interesting mysteries. Also, the murderer reveal made sense in those books. In the Anodyne Necklace, no reader would be able to figure out th......more

Goodreads review by Jane

I debated how many stars to give this Martha Grimes. I loved so many of the supporting characters in this book, but I thought the solution to the mystery too unbelievable. The chemistry between Jury and Plant is great, also love the comic scenes with Racer, his boss. The characters in the village wh......more