Herring on the Nile

In an effort to rejuvenate his flagging career crime novelist Ethelred Tressider decides to set his new book in Egypt and embarks on a “research trip” with his literary agent Elsie Thirkettle in tow. No sooner has their cruise on the Nile begun however than an attempt is made on Ethelred’s life. When the boat’s engine explodes and a passenger is found bloodily murdered suspicion falls on everyone aboard - including a third-rate private eye two individuals who may or may not be undercover police and Ethelred himself. As the boat drifts out of control though it seems that events are being controlled by a party far more radical than anyone could have guessed.