Ooh. Thank you for all the recs. Much to chomp through.

And I'm sure Doyle wearing a "muffler" won't bug you like it does me... *g*

In my dialect, that's a car part. As far as I can remember, it's only in British books that I've encountered it as an item of clothing. They may all have been older ones, though, such as A House at Pooh Corner, in which I know it occurs. Is it dated?