The herring seller's apprentice
General fiction, Humourous fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Ethelred Tressider is a crime writer with problems - his latest novel is going nowhere, mid-life crisis is looming, and he's burdened by literary agent Elsie Thirkettle, who claims to enjoy neither the company of writers nor literature of any… sort. Then his ex-wife Geraldine vanishes, and when the disappearance becomes a murder enquiry, the police decide that Geraldine has been the victim of a local 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. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2007.