Ten Little Herrings

Tyler, L. C.

ISBN 10: 0230714676 / ISBN 13: 9780230714670

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, London, 2009

A propos de cet article

Very little to no wear. Quite clean. 'When obscure crime writer Ethelred Tressider vanishes, his dogged literary agent, Elsie Thirkettle, is soon on his trail. . . [This book] is a brilliantly anarchic take on the classic Country House Mystery, and an uproarious sequel to the first Elsie and Ethelred mystery.' 248 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Ten Little Herrings
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, London
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0230714676
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780230714670
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

When obscure crime writer Ethelred Tressider vanishes, his dogged literary agent, Elsie Thirkettle, is soon on his trail. Finding him (in a ramshackle hotel in the French Loire) proves surprisingly easy. Bringing him home proves more difficult than expected – but (as Elsie observes) who would have predicted that, in a hotel full of stamp collectors, the guests would suddenly start murdering each other?

One guest is found fatally stabbed, apparently the victim of an intruder. But when a rich Russian oligarch also dies, in a hotel now swarming with policemen, suspicion falls on the remaining guests.

Elsie is torn between her natural desire to interfere in the police investigation and her urgent need to escape to the town’s chocolaterie. Ethelred, meanwhile, seems to know more about the killings than he is letting on. Finally the time comes when Elsie must assemble the various suspects in the Dining Room, and reveal the truth . . . Ten Little Herrings is a brilliantly anarchic take on the classic Country House Mystery, and an uproarious sequel to the first Elsie and Ethelred mystery, The Herring Seller’s Apprentice.

Praise for The Herring Seller’s Apprentice, the first Elsie and Ethelred Mystery:

`Masterful’ Financial Times

`A classic detective novel’ Scotsman

`Unusually accomplished’ Helen Dunmore

À propos de l?auteur

L. C. Tyler was born in Essex and educated in Southend and at Oxford University. He has worked in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Sudan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. He currently lives in Islington with his wife, children and border terrier.