Dimensions
111 x 180 x 17mm
The discovery of a corpse, its fingers neatly severed, is enough to draw Superintendent Richard Jury and his lugubrious Sergeant Wiggins to the irresistible village of Littlebourne. There, its motley crew of inhabitants - among them a maiden lady ornithologist, a penny-pinching peer and an unforgettable ten-year-old girl who swaps snippets of gossip for lemonade and crisps - try to throw some light on the matter.
But Jury has to follow the trail to the East End of London and the far less salubrious Cripps family before he can link the murder with the attack on poor Katy O'Brien, currently in a coma after a vicious attack in the London Underground.
At The Anodyne Necklace pub, a game of Wizards and Warlords provides a further clue, and at last Jury and his dilettante sidekick, Melrose Plant, solve the riddle and unmask the unlikely villain . . .
