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'A dry and comical read.' --OK and Star
'Sophisticated metafiction plus knockabout farce - an original combination.' --Literary Review
'Ten Little Herrings - red rather than fishy - is a delight. Most attempts at Christie-like whodunnits disappoint either because the plot fails to match the humour, or the writer lacks the essential lightness of touch. L.C.Tyler succeeds on all fronts. . . Tyler juggles characters, story, wit and clever one-liners with perfect balance.'
--The Times
'This second outing for Ethelred and Elsie is an ideal antidote to a dreary autumn evening.' --3Sixty --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Sophisticated metafiction plus knockabout farce - an original combination.' --Literary Review
'Ten Little Herrings - red rather than fishy - is a delight. Most attempts at Christie-like whodunnits disappoint either because the plot fails to match the humour, or the writer lacks the essential lightness of touch. L.C.Tyler succeeds on all fronts. . . Tyler juggles characters, story, wit and clever one-liners with perfect balance.'
--The Times
'This second outing for Ethelred and Elsie is an ideal antidote to a dreary autumn evening.' --3Sixty --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The brilliant follow-up to ‘a classic detective novel’ (Scotsman)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A fun filled book featuring Ethelred and Elsie. Having cancelled Ethelred's credit cards as a way of flushing him out of hiding, Elsie sits back to await the inevitable phone call. Ethelred, unable to pay any bills, is cast on Elsie's mercy. She goes to the Loire Valley, a favourite haunt of Ehelred's, to bring him back to England and finds herself in a hotel where the guests start being murdered...As before, they share the narration, but we have to work out what Ethelred is up to, while Elsie, hot in pursuit of chocolate and intent on finding the murderer, leads us round in circles and the French police provide a laconic take on the whole plot.
I look forward to 'Herring in the library' and any other books in the series.
I look forward to 'Herring in the library' and any other books in the series.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The plot involves a series of murders committed in a country house, located in France, that has been converted into a hotel.
The protagonists are Ethelred, a not very successful author of crime fiction (and slushy romance under another pen-name) and Elsie, his literary agent.
Elsie is a strong willed no-nonsense character who is given to plain speaking when it comes to pointing out Ethelred's shortcomings.
The cut and thrust between the two is what makes the series.
Ethelred is not as simple as Elsie would have us believe although, as Elsie enjoys pointing out, he is extremely gullible were women are concerned.
As the story is unfolding, it is quite funny to see how each has a very different take on what is happening around them.
The exchanges between the two are a joy to read.
The ending is a spoof on the usual Agatha Christie endings when the very able detective shows off his deductive skills by uncovering the murderer through the application of faultless logic. He/she usually gathers all suspects in the one room and takes them through his/her reasoning and unmasks the killer.
In this particular case however, Elsie attempts to emulate Agatha Christie's sleuths but with a fundamental difference; everybody in the room (including two very young adults) have already worked out what has occurred whereas Elsie has got it all wrong.
We find that Elsie has been following, and has been taken in, by most if not all of the red herrings that have been put her way.
I would read this series in sequence, you will benefit. The first is The Herring Seller's Apprentice.
The protagonists are Ethelred, a not very successful author of crime fiction (and slushy romance under another pen-name) and Elsie, his literary agent.
Elsie is a strong willed no-nonsense character who is given to plain speaking when it comes to pointing out Ethelred's shortcomings.
The cut and thrust between the two is what makes the series.
Ethelred is not as simple as Elsie would have us believe although, as Elsie enjoys pointing out, he is extremely gullible were women are concerned.
As the story is unfolding, it is quite funny to see how each has a very different take on what is happening around them.
The exchanges between the two are a joy to read.
The ending is a spoof on the usual Agatha Christie endings when the very able detective shows off his deductive skills by uncovering the murderer through the application of faultless logic. He/she usually gathers all suspects in the one room and takes them through his/her reasoning and unmasks the killer.
In this particular case however, Elsie attempts to emulate Agatha Christie's sleuths but with a fundamental difference; everybody in the room (including two very young adults) have already worked out what has occurred whereas Elsie has got it all wrong.
We find that Elsie has been following, and has been taken in, by most if not all of the red herrings that have been put her way.
I would read this series in sequence, you will benefit. The first is The Herring Seller's Apprentice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having "discovered" the first two books by L.C. Tyler in time for my summer holiday in 2010 I was delighted to see the next in the "Elsie & Ethelred" series appear in papaerback in time for summer 2011. I am rapidly becoming a big fan of L.C.Tyler. The characters and storylines are engaging and full of the type of humour that appeals to me very much. (I am also a big fan of Jasper Fforde for similar reasons, so if you also have a liking for the double-consonanted one, you may find the works of L.C. Tyler to your taste too.) I am already looking forward to reading "A Herring in the Library" as the next in this series and I would not be surprised to see the "Herring" books being adapted and appearing on our television screens at some juncture!
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Elsie for PM!
I love this series & this is my favourite to date. Finally, a female character I can relate to & admire - the fabulous Elsie Thirkettle. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Swanson
Not sure I get it!
Not sure I get what the aim of this book is? An easily readable story but I think anything connecting this to Christie should be deleted.
Published 16 months ago by Richard Deacon
Humerous detection
Ethelred and Elsie resemble a comical version of Dalziel and Pascoe, an unlikely pair of sleuths on the trail of Ethelred's ex-wife who has disappeared under strange... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jill Besterman
comic crime
Well written in an easy style. However not very engaging or comical
[for me] . I didn't finish reading it and gave up at page 85.
So not to my personal taste.
[for me] . I didn't finish reading it and gave up at page 85.
So not to my personal taste.
Published on 15 Feb 2010 by Mr. Geoffrey Bloomfield
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