Last Writes by Catherine Aird
Twenty-two brand new short stories which are guaranteed to delight fans and win the author many more. The indefatigable detective Inspector Sloan reappears in many of these stories with his sidekick Crosby. But there are also new characters to be met, such as the mysterious Malcolm Venables of the Secret Service. Full of delicious twists and turns, Last Writes is a collection to curl up with and savour.
'Gorgeously entertaining', Daily Telegraph 'Catherine Aird is as clever a detective writer as Margery Allingham'Times Literary Supplement' '[A] gentle, charming and distinctly mischievous fictional compendium of twenty-two original tales'. Shotsmag 'Fascinating reading showing Aird's great skills at formulating puzzles and writing amusing dialogues' Promoting Crime Fiction 'Last Writes is ingenious and witty, is full of Aird's customary relish for the written word, and is consistently entertaining as it shifts times and places, from sixteenth-century Scotland to the present day' The Dorothy L Sayers Society
Catherine Aird was the author of more than twenty crime novels and story collections, most of which feature Detective Inspector Sloan. She was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for her lifetime contributions to crime fiction. She held an honorary MA from the University of Kent and was made an MBE. Apart from writing the successful Chronicles of Calleshire, she also wrote and edited a series of village histories. She passed away in 2024.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749016272 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749016272 |
| Title | Last Writes |
| Author | Catherine Aird |
| Series | Sloan And Crosby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Allison & Busby |
| Year published | 2015-01-22 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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