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|title=Herring on the Nile

|author=L C Tyler

|publisher=Pan

|date=August 2012

|website=http://www.lctyler.com

|summary=Third-rate novelist Ethelred Tressider hopes to take his beloved on a romantic cruise up the Nile, with the excuse that it is research for his next book. Unfortunately, matters of the heart do not go smoothly for our hero and he ends up travelling instead with his literary agent Elsie Thirkettle. Still, despite her bossy and forthright manner he still believes it will be possible to enjoy his trip — until the moment when the body is discovered, that is.

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A motley crowd of oddball characters (few of whom end up being who they say they are), find themselves as travelling companions on a luxury paddle steamer, cruising up the Nile. And when a murder occurs, it soon becomes clear that only a member of the crew or one of the guests could have done the dastardly deed. A couple of amateur detectives have to work fast to discover who pulled the trigger. Sound familiar?