L.C. Tyler

The latest book in The Red Herring series with Elsie Thirkettle who is a literary and Ethelred Trossider a third rate crime writer.

Another very funny book written with tremendous flair, with all the ingredients for a good murder story with espionage and terrorists thrown in.

Ethelred is trying to find some new ideas for his latest book to boost up his flagging sales, so he and Elsie take a trip down the Nile on a paddle steamer and explore local sites on the way for some inspiration.

Another gem of a book about two unlikly sleuths Elsie and Ethelred. I love the character of Elsie becouse she is so over the top in everthing that she does,very direct and quite tactless at times which leaves poor Ethelred squirming in his shoes, but he is the perfect foil for Elsie.

For the first time the reader is given an insight into L.C. Tyler's latest historical crime novel and I can understand why he is only published barely once a year.

This book is one of the most amusing that I have read for a very long time,it is a send up of the country house
murders where all suspects are rounded up in the Drawing Room and the guilty party is revealed.

The main characters are Ethelred who is a crime writer and Elsie who is his agent, who seems to spend most of her time keeping Ethelred on the straight and narrow, while feeding her addiction to chocolate.

The dialogue between them is so sharp and witty it is almost like a comedy act. A very funny book with a clever plot and an absolute joy to read.

This is a clever and very funny book - I love the main character Christian Sorenson Birtwhite, a middle aged trendy who takes notheing or anybody seriously.

Beautifully observed characters with a well thought out stroy line and surprise ending. Nothing is quite what it seems, but I thoroughly enjoyed the authors forays into philosophy. Well worth reading and highly recommended.

The Herring Seller's Apprentice is a very funny crime story with not only lots of twists and turns but some excellent pastiches to other writers, my favourite being the A.A.Milne characters! That one really had me laughing out loud. My favourite character was Elsie Thirkettle who would never accept no as an answer, and rules were definitely meant to be broken!