Showing posts with label Catherine Aird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catherine Aird. Show all posts
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Stiff News by Catherine Aird, Derek Perkins

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There's been a death at the Manor. That's not particularly a surprise as it is a nursing home. This one is unusual in the fact that ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Injury Time by Catherine Aird

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A collection of short stories featuring Inspector Sloan. There is a confusing story about a woman killed in a sauna when the heat was turned...
Saturday, March 11, 2023

After Effects by Catherine Aird

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Mrs. Gallagher's son is upset she's dead. But it's not the fact that her physician was young, female, not-English, or wearing je...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Body Politic by Catherine Aird

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When Peter Corbishley, member of Parliament is heckled during the opening speeches of a battle reenactment, "Why don't you drop dea...
Monday, July 25, 2022

A Dead Liberty by Catherine Aird

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Kenneth Carline is dead. It seems obvious that Lucy Durmast killed him. She is the daughter of his boss; seems like he should have been roma...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Harm's Way by Catherine Aird

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When a man and woman go out to scout a footpath for their groups trek the next day they think the hardest part might be clearing a path or d...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Last Respects by Catherine Aird

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When an unknown man's body turns up on a slow river, Inspector Sloan is called in to investigate. Though it seems he was dropped from a ...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Passing Strange by Catherine Aird

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It's a flower show that gets Inspector Sloan pulled down to Almstone. It seems that someone has been strangled. It is, in fact, the loca...
Friday, November 19, 2021

Some Die Eloquent by Catherine Aird

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When a rich old lady dies in a mystery, there is often a rush to figure out how she was murdered and by whom. In the case of Miss Beatrice W...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Slight Mourning by Catherine Aird

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Usually the admonition is not to have thirteen people sit down to dinner because one will die. In this case, it was only twelve but one is s...
Monday, March 15, 2021

His Burial Too by Catherine Aird

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Well. This was an odd one. We meet a young lady, just back from being a nanny in Italy, whose father was out all night. And he is discovered...

The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird

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This was an interesting beginning, following a group of tourists as they tour a "stately home". We learn about the history of the ...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

A Going Concern by Catherine Aird

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Elderly people often have odd ideas - or so the stereotype goes. So when Octavia Garamond adds not only a precatory memorandum (wishes that ...