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The Herring Seller's Apprentice (2007)

by L.C. Tyler(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0230529658 (ISBN13: 9780230529656)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

MacMillan UK

series

Elsie and Ethelred Mystery

review 1: I was enchanted in the beginning but things twisted a little bit too oddly for me in the stretch. Yes, I did kind of figure out what happened early on but the addition of the 'Fairfax' writing and discussion on Ethelred's father didn't meld in with the story very well - I think sticking to Elthred and Elsie's takes on things (but in separate chapters) would work far, far better. The ending was just not right.
review 2: Ethelred Tressider writes moderately successful mysteries--selling red herrings, as it were. His agent Elsie--a short, fat woman who dresses like a tall, slender one--knows authors are idiots, but still has a well-concealed soft spot for Tressider. When his faithless ex-wife disappears, Elsie is ready to help him look for the culprit. Someone... more must have killed Geraldine, she reasons--she had so many enemies. Elsie knows Tressider is hiding something from her, but she's also sure that he is not a killer. By the time Elsie figures out what's really going on, it may be too late for her to save Tressider. Monumentally funny, with a sneaky plot, too. less

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