Books like Stiff News (Inspector Sloan #17) by Catherine Aird
After the death of an elderly woman, a letter sent to her son sparks Detective Inspector C. D. Sloane’s curiosity. He learns that the woman’s death, initially ruled natural, could be murder. The investigation takes him into a nursing home where former members of a World War II regiment reside, and into a web of strange events that tests his detective skills.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Catherine Aird
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