The Anodyne Necklace

This was the best of the series yet. Nothing particularly annoyed me and the plot and characters were all solid. I read a lot of mysteries and I thought the mystery plot was actually very clever and completely fair play (meaning I had the opportunity and clues to solve the mystery myself along with the detectives.) it was much better plotted than the last two and definitely made me want to read the next one.

Some cozy mystery purists wrote reviews about how they didn't like the London scenes because they were unsavory, but I think strangling someone and chopping their fingers off is pretty unsavory, in fact all murder and most crime is pretty unsavory, so if you're reading a crime novel, what do you expect? I suppose I gravitate more towards detective mysteries so it didn't bother me much.

Martha Grimes is my new favorite cozy writer. I really like her characterizations. I fall in love more and more with Jury and Plant. I love the hypochondriac Wiggins. It is fun, quick, easy what more can you ask from a cozy mystery.