Books like Parting Breath (Inspector Sloan #7) by Catherine Aird
When a student sit‑in at Almstone Hall sparks chaos at the University of Calleshire, the campus quickly becomes a crime scene. A theft from a dormitory room and a dead body in the quadrangle force Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan to dig deep into the ivy‑clad halls of academia. With clues ranging from the dying man's whispered words to testimony from a madrigal singer, Sloan races against time to uncover the killer before another victim can be claimed by the university's dark secrets.
First publish date: 1977
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Catherine Aird
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