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The herring-seller's apprentice

Ethelred discovers that Elsie Thirkettle's ex-wife, Geraldine, vanishes close to his Sussex home. The police decide that Geraldine has been the victim of a serial killer. Elsie bullies Ethelred into embarking upon his own investigation, but as their enquiries proceed, she begins to suspect that her client's own alibi is not as solid as he claims.

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  • "Herring seller's apprentice"@en

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  • "His latest novel is going nowhere, mid-life crisis is looming and he's burdened by the literary agent he probably deserves: Elsie Thirkettle, a diminutive but determined individual who claims to enjoy neither the company of writers nor literature of any sort. But however bad things look they can always get worse, as Ethelred discovers when his ex-wife, Geraldine, vanishes close to his Sussex home. When the disappearance becomes a murder enquiry, the police quickly decide that Geraldine Tressider has been the victim of a local serial killer."
  • "Ethelred discovers that Elsie Thirkettle's ex-wife, Geraldine, vanishes close to his Sussex home. The police decide that Geraldine has been the victim of a serial killer. Elsie bullies Ethelred into embarking upon his own investigation, but as their enquiries proceed, she begins to suspect that her client's own alibi is not as solid as he claims."@en
  • "A mediocre mystery-writer, Ethelred Tressider has even less interest in writing his books than his (dwindling) fan base has in reading them, and his agent, the pesky, nosy, vulgar, chocolate-chomping Elsie, has no interest in them at all. But with a name like Ethelred, things can always get worse, and when Ethelred's dishy ex-wife turns up dead they do."
  • "A mediocre mystery-writer, Ethelred Tressider has even less interest in writing his books than his (dwindling) fan base has in reading them, and his agent, the pesky, nosy, vulgar, chocolate-chomping Elsie, has no interest in them at all. But with a name like Ethelred, things can always get worse, and when Ethelred's dishy ex-wife turns up dead they do."@en
  • "The Edgar-nominated first novel in the "Herring" series will delight fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. A loving parody of the golden age, this darkly comic mystery pairs two mismatched characters with hilarious results. A mediocre mystery-writer (and thus a purveyor of red herrings), Ethelred Tressider has even less interest in writing his books than his (dwindling) fan base has in reading them, and his agent-the pesky, nosy, vulgar, chocolate-chomping Elsie-has no interest in them at all. But with a name like Ethelred, things can always get worse, and when Ethelred's dishy ex-wife turns up dead, they do..."
  • "Ethelred Tressider is a writer with problems. His latest novel is going nowhere, a mid-life crisis is looming and he's burdened by the literary agent he probably deserves: Elsie Thirkettle, who claims to enjoy neither the company of writers nor literature of any kind. And as if things weren't bad enough for Ethelred, his ex-wife, Geraldine, is reported missing when her Fiat is found deserted near Ethelred's Sussex home. The disappearance soon becomes a murder investigation and there is no shortage of suspects, including Geraldine's sister, bank manager and former partner, Rupert. Geraldine was a woman with debts. Soon the nosy, chocoloate-chomping Elsie has bullied Ethelred into embarking upon his own investigation, but as their enquiries proceed, she begins to suspect that her client's own alibi is not as solid as he claims."@en
  • "La 4è de couv. porte en plus : "On n'est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même. Lorsque son ex-femme, Géraldine, disparaît, Ethelred décide de mettre à profit ses talents de détective pour la retrouver. Petit problème : les connaissances en criminalité d'Ethelred, écrivain professionnel, proviennent de romans policiers tout droit sortis de son imagination qui, depuis un moment, s'est, elle aussi, volatilisée. Quoi de mieux, pour retrouver l'inspiration, qu'une enquête grandeur nature ? De fausses pistes en révélations renversantes, la réalité dépasse de loin la fiction...""

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Roman policier anglais"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Crime & mystery"@en
  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en

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  • "The herring seller's apprentice : a gripping tale of murder, deceit and chocolate"
  • "Etrange suicide dans une fiat rouge à faible kilométrage"
  • "The herring-seller's apprentice"
  • "The herring-seller's apprentice"@en
  • "Étrange suicide dans une Fiat rouge à faible kilométrage"
  • "The herring seller's apprentice"@en
  • "The herring seller's apprentice"

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