L.C. Tyler
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- Tyler, L.C.
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- Tyler, Len C.
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- 1951
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- male
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- UK
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- Essex, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
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- Jesus College, Oxford
City University, London - Organisaties
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Crime Writers' Association
Detection Club - Agent
- DHH Literary Agency
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Meanwhile, he has had to identify the body of his ex-wife whom it seems has been found murdered at a local beauty spot. He appears to have the cast-iron alibi of having spent a few days in France around the time of the murder yet the police keep questioning him, as does his literary agent, a chocolate fixated eccentric middle aged woman called Elsie who insists on leading an investigation in parallel to the one being conducted by the police. It becomes apparent that there are a number of people who were swindled by Ethelred's ex-wife even though he has remained friendly with her despite her adultery and manipulative behaviour.
I thought this was promising to begin with given the wry humour, but I found the Elsie character a bit too irritating and 'forced' somehow, especially when the novel suddenly switched to her viewpoint and more and more of it was from that. I also wasn't keen on the twist which started to loom more and more obviously by about half way, certainly by two thirds of the way through. The ending itself is rather deflating, though I gather this is book 1 of a series and things are therefore not as they appear