Anodyne Necklace

by Martha Grimes

Superintendent Richard Jury's investigation into seemingly unrelated crimes of a London mugging and murder in the town of Littlebourne takes him to the local pub, the Anodyne Necklace, which is inhabited by a variety of colorful village characters.

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