The Herring in the Library

L.C.Tyler's The Herring-Seller's Apprentice attracted a good deal of well-deserved attention, introducing as it did two very entertaining characters, unsuccessful crime writer Ethelred Tressider and his long-suffering agent Elsie Thirkettle, in a story which paid agreeable homage to the Golden Age mystery. Tyler's fourth novel, and his third featuring Ethelred and Elsie, has just been published, and I've certainly enjoyed reading it.

You can tell from the pleasing title of The Herring in the...