Author
Catherine Aird
Catherine Aird (born 1930) is the British mystery writer whose Inspector C. D. Sloan series of police procedurals (set in the fictional Calleshire) has run for more than thirty entries since 1966. The books are short, dry, and English in a way most contemporary procedurals are not.
Reviews
8
Books on file
8
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Years active
1967-2004
Reviewed
Our reviews of Catherine Aird's work
A Going Concern
by Catherine Aird
Inspector Sloan investigating an old lady's death in a country house. Aird in her wheelhouse.
Injury Time
by Catherine Aird
A mid-period Inspector Sloan. Catherine Aird at her most procedural and her most quietly observant.
After Effects
by Catherine Aird
Inspector Sloan investigating a pharmaceutical company's drug-trial gone wrong. Aird writing institutional procedural.
Stiff News
by Catherine Aird
The 17th Sloan procedural. A retirement-home death that may not be natural. Catherine Aird at her most institutional and her most quietly biting.
Little Knell
by Catherine Aird
The 18th Inspector Sloan. A piece of garden statuary, a missing mother, and Catherine Aird at her most procedural.
Amendment of Life
by Catherine Aird
The 19th Inspector Sloan. A body in a country church maze and Catherine Aird in her purest form.
A Most Contagious Game
by Catherine Aird
Catherine Aird's 1967 standalone, written between her first two Sloan novels. Quieter, sharper, and a small early-career marvel.
Chapter and Hearse : And Other Mysteries
by Catherine Aird
A short story collection from a quiet master of the English procedural. Best read one a night, the way you would eat a chocolate.
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The 17th Sloan procedural. A retirement-home death that may not be natural. Catherine Aird at her most institutional and her most quietly biting.
The 19th Inspector Sloan. A body in a country church maze and Catherine Aird in her purest form.
Catherine Aird's 1967 standalone, written between her first two Sloan novels. Quieter, sharper, and a small early-career marvel.
Inspector Sloan investigating an old lady's death in a country house. Aird in her wheelhouse.
A mid-period Inspector Sloan. Catherine Aird at her most procedural and her most quietly observant.
Inspector Sloan investigating a pharmaceutical company's drug-trial gone wrong. Aird writing institutional procedural.
The 18th Inspector Sloan. A piece of garden statuary, a missing mother, and Catherine Aird at her most procedural.
A short story collection from a quiet master of the English procedural. Best read one a night, the way you would eat a chocolate.