Aird, Catherine

Overview

Works:	137 works in 571 publications in 3 languages and 25,000 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Detective and mystery stories Golf stories
Classifications:	PR6051.I65, 823.914

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Catherine Aird

Publications by Catherine Aird

Most widely held works about Catherine Aird

Plot formula in Catherine Aird's detective fiction by Joyce Gray Hill ( Book )
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Most widely held works by Catherine Aird

Past tense : a Sloan and Crosby mystery by Catherine Aird ( Book )
9 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,164 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a young girl's murder is linked to the recent death of a woman named Josephine Short, DCI Sloan and Constable Crosby research dubious elements of Short's life in the hopes of identifying the child's killer

Stiff news by Catherine Aird ( Book )
18 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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

Losing ground by Catherine Aird ( Book )
13 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The dramatic theft of an 18th century painting is discovered just moments before the old manor house from which it was stolen is set on fire. Making matters more grisly is the pile of bones sighted in the blazing inferno moments before the roof collapses. What started as simple, if surprising, theft has quickly escalated to arson and, possibly murder, and now Detective Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby have to piece together, a puzzle which has its roots deep in Berebury's history.--from Publisher's description

After effects by Catherine Aird ( Book )
9 editions published between 1996 and 1998 in English and held by 1,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When two patients die at Berebury Hospital, Detective Inspector Sloan is called in to investigate a missing doctor, a drug trial involving a pharmaceutical company, and a break-in at the company's headquarters by a group of animal rights activists

Little Knell by Catherine Aird ( Book )
8 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inspector C.D. Sloan is called in when it is discovered that a large collection of artifacts that has been left to the Calleshire Museum includes a three-thousand-year-old mummy case containing an all-too-recent murder victim

A going concern by Catherine Aird ( Book )
7 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in English and held by 981 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Octavia Garamond's will is very odd, she requests a police presence at her funeral and a thorough examination of her body. The fears of a deranged woman? When her house is broken into and her papers ransacked, Inspector Sloane realizes she was in real fear. The murder probe is held against a background of biochemical research. By the author of Body Politic

Amendment of life by Catherine Aird ( Book )
13 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 930 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a body is found in the center of a Tudor-era yew maze, Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan is placed in charge of a disturbingly complex case

Hole in one by Catherine Aird ( Book )
8 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 930 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan and his less-than-able sidekick, Constable Crosby, launch an investigation into a bizarre death on the local golf course and uncover a serious case of murder

Some die eloquent by Catherine Aird ( Book )
12 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in English and held by 925 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Harm's way by Catherine Aird ( Book )
9 editions published between 1984 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 921 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A number of confusing leads complicate Detective Inspector Sloan's investigation when first a finger then a headless corpse turn up in the quiet English farm country

His burial too by Catherine Aird ( Book )
15 editions published between 1969 and 2009 in English and held by 920 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a prominent industrialist, who has been reported missing with some highly confidential papers, is found dead, it is Inspector C. D. Sloan's task to discover how he came to be buried under several tons of marble in a sealed church tower

Henrietta who? by Catherine Aird ( Book )
15 editions published between 1968 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 898 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After her mother is found dead on a quiet road, possibly the victim of a hit-and-run, events and revelations lead Henrietta to wonder if her mother's death was accidental or murder

A dead liberty by Catherine Aird ( Book )
7 editions published between 1986 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 885 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The daughter of an engineer helping to build a town in Africa is accused of murder, and Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan must determine whether or not she is guilty as well as the possible connection of the murder to a nearby nuclear waste disposal plant

Passing strange by Catherine Aird ( Book )
10 editions published between 1980 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 877 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Last respects by Catherine Aird ( Book )
10 editions published between 1982 and 1987 in English and held by 844 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan investigates several murders involving a treasure-laden shop that sunk nearly two hundred years ago

Slight mourning by Catherine Aird ( Book )
19 editions published between 1975 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The C.I.D.'s Inspector Sloan hies to the village of Constance Parva, where everyone is saddened by friendly Bill Fent's automobile death and shocked by the post-mortem discovery that someone slipped a barbiturate overdose into his last dinner pudding

Chapter and hearse by Catherine Aird ( Book )
13 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of seventeen short mystery stories features such characters as Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan, his assistant, Crosby, and the mysterious Malcolm Venables of the Secret Service

Injury time by Catherine Aird ( Book )
9 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sixteen crimes and their solution. Who poisoned Anna Macmillan with a deadly dose of antimony? Where are the priceless pearls that vanished during a country house weekend? How was the code to a high-tech alarm system broken?

Parting breath by Catherine Aird ( Book )
8 editions published between 1977 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 747 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A late phoenix by Catherine Aird ( Book )
24 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Decades ago, Germans bombed the village at Lamb Lane. But now redevelopment is under way. During the excavation, a workman finds the skeleton of a pregnant girl with a bullet lodged in her spine. The trail is definitely stone cold when C. D. Sloan takes on the case