L C Tyler: 16 books

Ethelred Tressider écrit des romans policiers sous trois noms différents. Et, ces temps-ci, il a trois fois plus de problèmes que n'importe qui. Avec l'inspiration d'abord, qui commence à lui faire sérieusement défaut, avec son agent littéraire ensuite, l'encombrante Elsie, qui n'aime ni la...

Vous aimez Agatha Christie et l'humour anglais ? " Le polar vient de trouver son Monty Python ! " Le Point Ethelred Tressider, obscur auteur de polars, ne fait rien comme tout le monde. Sa crise de la quarantaine, par exemple. Quand un homme ordinaire s'achète une Harley-Davidson,...

Two-time Edgar nominee LC Tyler is best known for his series featuring Ethelred and Elsie – a third-rate novelist and his gloriously vulgar agent, respectively. And so he should be: He's twice won Britain's “Last Laugh” award for the Best Humorous Mystery of the Year. But with A Cruel...

When we last saw Ethelred Tressider, at the end of The Herring Seller’s Apprentice, he was pulling a disappearing act, eager to pack in his career as a mediocre mystery-writer, and happy to leave his (deservedly) long-suffering agent, Elsie, holding the bag. But as Ten Little Herrings opens, she...

Len Tyler has been shortlisted for two Edgar awards, won two of England’s “Last Laugh” awards, and racked up more great reviews than he’s had hot dinners: Why would he turn away from the stunningly funny “Elsie and Ethelred” series? Because the intrigues of Cromwell’s England were too...

Vous aimez Agatha Christie, le Cluedo et les vieilles demeures anglaises ? L'écrivain Ethelred Tressider a décidé de délaisser pendant un temps le roman policier pour se consacrer à sa grande œuvre littéraire. Au grand dam de son agent, Elsie Thirkettle, que la littérature intéresse...

"You don’t believe me, do you?" asked Henry. "That I might have killed somebody." Well, really. The genuine murderer—the real pro—tends to keep track of that sort of thing. And he wasn’t dressed for murder. The tweed jacket, the checked waistcoat, and above all the yellow...

‘A clever plot, with lots of laughs along the way’ Daily Mail Robin Pagham is dead – drowned in a sailing accident. Everyone’s reaction is that he must have been drunk, after all, that was what he did best. But while attending Robin’s funeral, crime writer Ethelred Tressider sees...

Ethelred Tressider’s career is not, let’s face it, what one might call glittering. In fact, it’s barely what one might call capable of paying the gas bill. To be honest, this is not really surprising: Ethelred lost any real interest in writing mystery novels many years ago, and his audience...

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...

‘Crime in the classic mould with a sharp comic edge’ Daily Mail Roger Norton Vane is dead. After twenty years of wild speculation following his disappearance, his death is to be made official and somebody will inherit his accumulated wealth. Ethelred Tressider, crime writer and Vane’s...

Ethelred and Elsie are an unlikely duo: he’s a deeply mediocre mystery writer, and she’s his deeply nosy, chocolate-chomping agent. And yet they are stuck with one another, if only because their combined sleuthing abilities are much more impressive than anything either one of them can come up...

‘Very much set in “Golden Age” territory … a great deal of fun' The Guardian Dr Hilary Joyner is neither well liked nor well respected among his academic peers. However, he believes his next project will bring him the recognition he deserves. He is working to uncover the truth behind...

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection—the first of its kind—invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and...