The Third Pig Detective Agency (The Third Pig Detective Agency, #1)

by Bob Burke

I could tell he didn’t hold elves in high esteem. I shared his opinion. They tended to stand around looking mysteriously into the middle distance declaiming loudly and pompously such phrases as ‘The saucer is broken; milk will be spilled this night.’ They never got invited to parties as they usually drank all the beer and, most annoyingly, never seemed to get drunk–apart from a tingling sensation in their fingers.

Such a big and hilarious wink to the LOTR-movies, I love it.

I was going to have to utilise the resources of another of my many contacts–

Didn't he say earlier he has only one contact?