In the Crypt with a Candlestick

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Sharp, funny . . . the best sort of murder mystery Tatler

A perfect antidote to all the real-life craziness going onDaily Mail

Sir Ecgbert Tode of Tode Hall has survived to a grand old age - much to the despair of his younger wife, Emma. But at ninety-three he has, at last, shuffled off the mortal coil.

Emma, Lady Tode, thoroughly fed up with being a dutiful Lady of the Manor, wants to leave the country to spend her remaining years in Capri. Unfortunately her three tiresome children are either unwilling or unable (too mad, too lefty or too happy in Australia) to take on management of their large and important home, so the mantle passes to a distant relative and his glamorous wife.

Not long after the new owners take over, Lady Tode is found dead in the mausoleum. Accident? Or is there more going on behind the scenes of Tode Hall than an outsider would ever guess....?

In the traditions of two great but very different British writers, Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse, Waughs hilarious and entirely original twist on the country house murder mystery comes complete with stiff upper lips, even stiffer drinks, and any stiffs that might embarrass the family getting smartly brushed under the carpet...

What everyones saying about In the Crypt with a Candlestick...

I couldnt put it downSanta Montefiore

A delightful treatThe Lady

Deliciously entertainingAndrew Wilson

An irresistible champagne bubble of pleasure and laughterRachel Johnson

A perfect antidote to wintry gloomThe Literary Review

What a triumph!Antonia Fraser

A masterclass in how to write a rollicking good readSarah Vine

A jolly farce that never takes itself too seriouslyRed Magazine

Fizzles, crackles and sparkles Elizabeth Buchan

A work of sublime sillinessSimon Brett

An effervescent madcap whodunnitMetro

A marvellous rollicking readMary Killen

Shes skewered her targets brilliantlyImogen Edwards-Jones