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Catherine Aird

Born

in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

June 20, 1930

Died

December 21, 2024

Website

http://www.catherineaird.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Kinn Hamilton McIntosh, known professionally as Catherine Aird, was an English novelist. She was the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels and several collections of short stories. Her witty, literate, and deftly plotted novels straddle the "cozy" and "police procedural" genres and are somewhat similar in flavour to those of Martha Grimes, Caroline Graham, M.C. Beaton, Margaret Yorke, and Pauline Bell. Aird was inducted into the prestigious Detection Club in 1981, and is a recipient of the 2015 Cartier Diamond Dagger award. ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 25,438 ratings · 2,480 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1) 3.82 avg rating — 4,267 ratings — published 1966 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henrietta Who? (Inspector Sloan #2) 3.91 avg rating — 2,867 ratings — published 1968 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5) 3.81 avg rating — 1,781 ratings — published 1973 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stately Home Murder (Inspector Sloan, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 1,727 ratings — published 1969 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Going Concern (Inspector Sloan #14) 3.82 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 1993 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passing Strange (Inspector Sloan #9) 3.81 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published 1980 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Late Phoenix (Inspector Sloan, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 1971 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slight Mourning (Inspector Sloan, #6) 3.79 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Die Eloquent (Inspector Sloan, #8) 3.86 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parting Breath (Inspector Sloan #7) 3.70 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Inspector Sloan (28 books)
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“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
― Catherine Aird

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“Though,' observed Sloan profoundly, 'where there's a will there's usually a relative.”
― Catherine Aird, Passing Strange

tags: humor, law

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“He did his best to explain this to Inspector Sloan afterwards. 'A funny feeling, sir.' 'Yes?' Funny feelings were not encouraged at Berebury Police Station.”
― Catherine Aird, Parting Breath

tags: crime, humor, police-officer

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