Emily Bryce was complaining that life had been a bit dull since she and Henry got married. That was before she went to England on a decorating job and brought back to New York not only an entire eccentric (is there any other kind?) English family but a pair of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s green plaid trousers. The pants weren’t much to look at, but it seemed like just about everyone wanted to snatch them away from Emily. Then  one of the Brits met an untimely death at the edge of a sword. Emily does a bit of unorthodox sleuthing and gets knocked on the head for her trouble while Henry is nearly poisoned. Next the last person in the world you’d suspect pulls a gun on our heroes. It all adds up to another sparkling comedy of mismanners by one of the funniest mystery writers of the twentieth century. The Green Plaid Pants was first published in 1951 and was the second book to feature Emily and Henry Bryce. The first, The Gun in Daniel Webster’s Bust ($14.95), was reprinted in 2004.

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