A Mediaeval Manor house. Family members who barely tolerate each other. An overbearing Matriarch. A collection of authors. Suspicious deaths in the library.it sounds like the plot to one of Ethelred Tressider's novels. Not this time - this time, it's real life and it's fallen to Ethelred and his sceptical agent, Elsie Thirkettle to find out what happened.



So, instead of acquiring a new book deal to write Lady Letitia Catchpole's exclusive biography, Ethelred and Elsie are sifting through the secrets, the lies, and the cover-ups, postulating hypotheses as to the manner of her death - some more plausible than others. Afterall, who better to solve the death of a crime writer, than another crime writer? Who better to kill a crime writer, than another crime writer?



L. C. Tyler was born in Southend-on-Sea and educated at Oxford and City Universities. He has won awards for his writing, including the CWA Short Story Dagger and the Last Laugh Award (twice). He is a former Chair of the Crime Writers' Association. L. C. Tyler has lived and worked all over the world but more recently has been based in London and Sussex.