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Catherine Aird’s anthology brings together a range of detective tales across time and place. Inspector C. D. Sloan and his inept but eager side‑kick Constable Crosby investigate a wealthy businessman's suspicious death, the fallout of a dramatic Christmas gathering, and a child’s accusation against a hospital. The collection also follows Henry Tyler of the Foreign Office in a 1930s case, and concludes with Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan’s investigation of a seemingly ordinary clansman’s death in 16th‑century Scotland. These literate narratives weave crime, punishment, and the complexities of human motive in varied historical settings.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Catherine Aird
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