The Anodyne Necklace

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.

Another goodie by Ms Grimes

I so enjoy these audio books that are available read by someone with an accent! The mystery keeps you listening and it is fun!

Great narration

Loved this third installment of the Jury and Plant pub mysteries. This one had a perfect blend of mystery solving and humor/whimsy.

One of the best in the series

This is where the characters that appear in future books come out and Melrose & Jury’s friendship & working relationship appear at ease. The Cripps’ is the funniest of all & how Melrose interacts with them.

Love this series

read or listen from the beginning of the series. The character development is wonderful.

Very enjoyable

One of Ms.Grimes’s fine stories. I can confidently recommend this one. Aside from one odd jarring use of the f word, there’s nothing here to impede one from enjoying an old fashioned mystery - a set of suspects in a village scene, descriptive character portrayals, likeable central characters (not one but two), intriguing plot, some red herrings and so on. I couldn’t solve it but quite frankly this was one of those remarkable audiobooks wherein I completely forgot at several points that I was in fact immersed in a mystery. And I do so like a good mystery - without the blood, gore, profanity and sleek, cold forensic touch. So many Audible mysteries have gone by, and now I’ll just have to start the wait again, until I come across another good yarn of this caliber. There’s some humor but don’t worry, it’s not overly done. And the narrator is pitch perfect.