Ten Little Herrings

When obscure crime writer Ethelred Tressider vanishes his dogged literary agent Elsie Thirkettle is soon on his trail. Finding him (in a ramshackle hotel in the French Loire) proves surprisingly easy. Bringing him home proves more difficult than expected - who would have predicted that in a hotel full of stamp collectors the guests would suddenly start murdering one another? Elsie is torn between her natural desire to interfere in the police investigation and her urgent need to escape to the town’s chocolaterie. Ethelred meanwhile seems to know more about the killings than he is letting on. Finally the time comes when Elsie must assemble the various suspects in the Dining Room and reveal the truth…