Catherine Aird
Catherine Aird is the author of more than twenty crime novels and story collections, most of which feature Detective Inspector Sloan. She was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for her lifetime contributions to crime fiction. She holds an honorary MA from the University of Kent and was made an MBE. Apart from writing the successful Chronicles of Calleshire, she has also written and edited a series of village histories. She lives in Kent.
Catherine Aird is the author of more than twenty crime novels and story collections, most of which feature Detective Inspector Sloan. She was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for her lifetime contributions to crime fiction. She holds an honorary MA from the University of Kent and was made an MBE. Apart from writing the successful Chronicles of Calleshire, she has also written and edited a series of village histories. She lives in Kent. See less
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Dead Heading
A Step Down from the Usually Excellent Aird Book
by jjares, Sep 10, 2016
Catherine Aird is one of my favorite authors because of her urbane wit and cleverly written murder mysteries. Detectives Christopher Sloan and Crosby are perfect together. Sloan, the detective of ... Read More
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Slight Mourning
A Master of British Wit
by jjares, Jul 15, 2016
Sit back and prepare to be amused -- Catherine Aird's books are full of wry British humor. The plot is simple: Twelve people meet for a dinner with lord of the manor -- Bill Fent. After dinner, ... Read More
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A Late Phoenix
Wonderful and Wry
by jjares, May 18, 2016
As I've always viewed Inspector Sloan's stories to be contemporary, it was a shock to be learning about bomb rubble still standing. It is hard to imagine it taking 30 years (this book was originally ... Read More
