The Herring in the Library

by L.C. Tyler

Overview

Ethelred Tressider, the mediocre mystery author we first met in The Herring Seller's Apprentice and Ten Little Herrings, and his bossy, chocolate-loving agent, Elsie, are to dine with Ethelred's old friend, Sir Robert (known to his friends as Shagger) and Lady Muntham. Elsie doesn't think much of her hosts, but she is very much interested in figuring out who killed Sir Robert once he turns up dead in his locked library. A delightful parody of the country house mystery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934609767
Publisher:	Felony & Mayhem Press
Publication date:	06/16/2011
Series:	Ethelred and Elsie , #3
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	229,047
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Editorial Reviews

Fans of the late James Anderson (The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks) will enjoy Edgar-finalist Tyler's third comic cozy set in West Sussex and featuring the eccentric duo of Ethelred Tressider, a third-rate mystery writer, and his literary agent, Elsie Thirkettle (after 2010's Ten Little Herrings). Some weeks after Ethelred bumps into university colleague Rob "Shagger" Muntham, now a knight, Shagger invites Ethelred and Elsie to a dinner party at Muntham Court, where Ethelred must fend off the amorous advances of his host's much younger wife. The writer faces a greater challenge after Shagger's strangled corpse is discovered in a locked room. Once again, Ethelred and Elsie turn amateur sleuths, probing the motives of their fellow party guests as well as the means by which the killer pulled off an "impossible" crime. Tyler has a nice light touch, even if the solution is less intricate than Anderson's. (June)

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