Inspector C. D. Sloan mysteries

Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D. investigates the murder of a nun at the Convent of St. Anselm in Cullingoak.

"The owners of Ornum Hall have fallen on hardtimes, so every Sunday they open the doors to their stately home of some 300 rooms to the paying public. When murder strikes, Inspector Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D. grabs his Burke's Peerage and heads out to find out who stuffed a body in a knight's armor. The third--and funniest--of the Callehsire Chronicles." -- provided by publisher.

Inspector Sloan must figure out how a murderer could have escaped the tower of a Norman church tower when both exits were blocked with rubble. First published in 1973.

In this thrilling crime novel by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, a student's last words are all that Detective C. D. Sloan has to go on in his latest case There are rumblings throughout the campus of the University of Calleshire, talk of a sit-in, of revolt, of H? Chí Minh, of discontent. Malcolm Humbert has been expelled, and the students are livid. Meanwhile, the faculty is equally out of sorts-Hilda Linaker just wants to finish her treatise...

In this gripping mystery by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, the village spinster dies behind a fortune teller's booth, and Calleshire's greatest detective looks into the future-and sees justice The annual Horticultural Society Flower Show would have gone off without a hitch were it not for one very pesky murder.   When nurse Joyce Cooper goes missing from the parish's fortune-telling booth at the flower fair, her friends at the local church...

Can Inspector C. D. Sloan find his man when a dismembered appendage appears at a local farm in this mystery by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird? When the Berebury Footpaths Society created their locally infamous motto, "Every walk a challenge," they couldn't have known just how apt it would be. Avid hikers Wendy Lamport and Gordon Briggs suffer from a good walk spoiled when, while reclaiming a public footpath from the greedy barbed-wire fences...

From CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird: Caught between an angry government and his employer's profits, an engineer conveniently dies . . . Can Calleshire's greatest detective bring the guilty to justice? What's the value of one British engineer when stacked against the exclusive mining rights to a rare, strategically important, and extremely valuable mineral?   The British-based Anglo-Lassertan Mineral Company finds itself in hot water...

Sixteen short puzzlers from the inimitable Catherine Aird, author of the acclaimed C. D. Sloan Mysteries  A professional pickpocket and accomplished thief ignores his wife's warnings and embarks on an adventure that will change his life-perhaps for the better. A technological marvel of a sports car kills a pedestrian, but no one was at the wheel. A local lunatic admits to murder, but is he crazy-or crazy smart? The life of a researcher with ties...

Strange deaths occur in a British home for retired military officers and their wives. As he investigates, inspector C.D. Sloan discovers that all the victims were connected to a World War II battle. By the author of After Effects.

For decades, Catherine Aird's crime novels featuring C. D. Sloan have been beloved by fans and lauded by critics for their adroit plotting, playful wit, and literate charm. With Amendment of Life, Aird delivers the lively and engrossing novel that readers have come to rely upon. Detective Chief Inspector C. D. Sloan of the Calleshire CID is used to the occasional oddity in his relatively quiet part of the English countryside. But lately things have...

Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby are called in to investigate a mysterious fire at a majestic property caught in the middle of a developer's battle, and stumble upon a possible murder when a pile of bones is discovered in the charred house.

When Jack Haines reports a break-in at his greenhouse, the motive of the intruder is unclear. Other than the destruction of some expensive orchids, no damage had been done, and nothing seems to be missing. But Detective Chief Inspector C.D Sloan senses something sinister in this seemingly minor action.

Four strangers arrive at the solicitors' office of Puckle, Puckle, and Nunnery. They have never met, and have no idea why they have been invited. But they - along with a missing man - are descendants of the late Algernon George Culver Mayton, the inventor of 'Mayton's Marvellous Mixture' and each entitled to a portion of the Mayton Fortune. But before they can split the money, the missing man must be found. Two months later, Detectives Sloan and Crosby...