Crooked herring /
Tyler, L. C.,
Crooked herring / L.C. Tyler. - First edition. - London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2014. - 319 pages ; 23 cm. - Elsie and Ethelred ; 5 . - Tyler, L. C. Elsie and Ethelred ; 5. .
In this stylish and witty novel, Ethelred Tressider, mid-list crime writer, is surprised when fellow author Henry Holiday unexpectedly turns up on his doorstep. He's even more surprised when Henry confesses that he may have committed murder while drunk on New Year's Eve. Though he has little recollection of the night, Henry fears he may have killed drinking companion and fellow crime writer Crispin Vynall, and asks Ethelred to discreetly make enquiries in order to discover the truth. As Ethelred and his trusty agent Elsie begin to investigate, they discover that Henry has been set up, and now all that remains is for them to find out why and, more importantly ... whodunnit?.
9780749016685
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Authors--Great Britain--Fiction.
Private investigators--Great Britain--Fiction.
Tressider, Ethelred (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Thirkettle, Elsie (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
823.92
Crooked herring / L.C. Tyler. - First edition. - London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2014. - 319 pages ; 23 cm. - Elsie and Ethelred ; 5 . - Tyler, L. C. Elsie and Ethelred ; 5. .
In this stylish and witty novel, Ethelred Tressider, mid-list crime writer, is surprised when fellow author Henry Holiday unexpectedly turns up on his doorstep. He's even more surprised when Henry confesses that he may have committed murder while drunk on New Year's Eve. Though he has little recollection of the night, Henry fears he may have killed drinking companion and fellow crime writer Crispin Vynall, and asks Ethelred to discreetly make enquiries in order to discover the truth. As Ethelred and his trusty agent Elsie begin to investigate, they discover that Henry has been set up, and now all that remains is for them to find out why and, more importantly ... whodunnit?.
9780749016685
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Authors--Great Britain--Fiction.
Private investigators--Great Britain--Fiction.
Tressider, Ethelred (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Thirkettle, Elsie (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
823.92
