Aird, Catherine

Overview

Works:	115 works in 699 publications in 6 languages and 24,649 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Detective and mystery fiction Short stories Golf stories
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other
Classifications:	PR6051.I65, 823.914

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Catherine Aird

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Most widely held works by Catherine Aird

Past tense : a Sloan and Crosby mystery by Catherine Aird( Book )

15 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in English and held by 1,119 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

Henrietta who? by Catherine Aird( Book )

25 editions published between 1968 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,081 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

Losing ground by Catherine Aird( Book )

16 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dramatic theft of an 18th Century painting is discovered just moments before the old manor house uniquely depicted in the background of the portrait is set alight, coincidence? Does the reputation of the Baronet, the subject of the painting, as a hell-raiser and member of the Crustacean club have any connection to the fire? Events become decidedly more complex as a grisly spectacle is sighted in the blazing inferno moments before the roof collapses ... Detective Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby are soon on the case and find themselves piecing together a puzzle that has its r

Dead heading : a Sloan and Crosby mystery by Catherine Aird( Book )

10 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in English and held by 1,016 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Stiff news by Catherine Aird( Book )

17 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,006 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

After effects by Catherine Aird( Book )

14 editions published between 1996 and 2015 in English and held by 974 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

Parting breath by Catherine Aird( Book )

19 editions published between 1977 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Inspector Sloan investigates a murder that occurs during a student sit-in at a university

A going concern by Catherine Aird( Book )

11 editions published between 1993 and 2015 in English and held by 873 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

Little Knell by Catherine Aird( Book )

11 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in English and held by 866 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

Some die eloquent by Catherine Aird( Book )

16 editions published between 1979 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 857 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Miss Wansdyke, retired chemistry teacher, lived quietly and modestly. Her death was sudden and she had recently acquired a great deal of money. All these things and the strange reactions of the beneficiaries under the will concern Inspector Sloan

Harm's way by Catherine Aird( Book )

14 editions published between 1984 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 840 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 )

19 editions published between 1969 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 837 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

Amendment of life : by Catherine Aird( Book )

15 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in English and held by 831 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

Passing strange by Catherine Aird( Book )

17 editions published between 1980 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Things had gone wrong from the very beginning at the Almstone Flower Show, including the disappearance of village nurse. Events take a decidedly macabre turn when the she is found and Detective Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby arrive to investigate a murder for which there seems no means, no motive and no opportunity

Hole in one by Catherine Aird( Book )

10 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in English and held by 791 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

A dead liberty by Catherine Aird( Book )

12 editions published between 1986 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 780 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

Last respects by Catherine Aird( Book )

13 editions published between 1982 and 2015 in English and Dutch and held by 756 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 )

25 editions published between 1975 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In West Calleshire, Inspector Sloan's expertise is called upon to solve the muder of wealthy landowner Bill Fent

A late phoenix by Catherine Aird( Book )

24 editions published between 1970 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 711 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

Chapter and hearse by Catherine Aird( Book )

17 editions published between 2003 and 2015 in English and held by 671 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of seventeen short mystery stories features such characters as Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan, his assistant, Cosby, and the mysterious Malcolm Venables of the Secret Service