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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: 3.79 · 23,739 ratings · 2,285 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1) 3.82 avg rating — 4,142 ratings — published 1966 — 41 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) 3.90 avg rating — 2,779 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 — 1,727 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 — 1,620 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) 3.81 avg rating — 1,265 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 — 1,250 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) 3.75 avg rating — 1,066 ratings — published 1971 — 30 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 — 929 ratings — published 1975 — 25 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
	Some Die Eloquent (Inspector Sloan, #8) 3.85 avg rating — 840 ratings — published 1979 — 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
	Last Respects (Inspector Sloan #10) 3.79 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 1982 — 19 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

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Inspector Sloan (28 books)
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Quotes by Catherine Aird (?)

“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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