Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan is called on to solve the coldest of cases in this thriller from CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird

Berebury, England, did not have an easy go of it during the Second World War. This quaint Victorian town was destroyed when the Nazis dropped bomb after bomb on its perfect gardens and neat hedges. After three decades of disarray, the town council has finally begun reconstructing what’s left. All throughout Berebury, the sounds of hammers and saws drone on. But on this particular day, the noise stops.

In the crater of a bomb site, a skeleton has been found. While its presence there isn’t unusual—hundreds died in bombing raids throughout England—the manner in which the pregnant girl met her end is sinister enough that Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan and his assistant, Detective Constable Crosby, are called to the scene. The cause of death, it seems, was not the blast, but a bullet to the spine.

Inspector Sloan is the best there is when it comes to cracking the most complex cases. But can he piece together a murder that’s been buried for more than a quarter century?

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Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan is called on to solve the coldest of cases in this thriller from CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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Catherine Aird is the pseudonym of novelist Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She is the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels and several collections of short stories.

William Henry Mettam Bailey (also known as Robin Bailey) was an English actor. Although often chosen for upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television's Rumpole of the Bailey, Bailey is perhaps most fondly remembered for his portrayal of Uncle Mort in I Didn't Know You Cared, the BBC's adaptation of Peter Tinniswood's stories about an extended Yorkshire family. Bailey also recorded several audiobooks by Agatha Christie, Catherine Aird, Nevil Shute and Ruth Rendell. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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File size : 4907 KB
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 200 pages
Publisher : Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller (5 May 2015)
Screen Reader : Supported
ASIN : B00USNEQ5O
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
Language: : English
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Damaskcat

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2015

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A long derelict World War II bomb site is about to be re-developed in Berebury. The workmen digging foundations uncover a skeleton which necessitates the involvement of Inspector Sloan and DC Crosby. It may or may not be a victim of the bombing but when the post mortem uncovers a bullet they realise they have a murder case on their hands.

At first it seems that their best efforts are not going to be rewarded with any degree of success but then the local doctor is attacked returning from a night call and then one of the people interviewed by Sloan and Crosby is found dead in the same place as the skeleton.

This is an interesting story in which events from the past are reflected in the present. The story is well plotted with believable characters and some entertaining dialogue. The relationship between Sloan and Crosby is as ever uneasy but Crosby occasionally comes up with some good ideas which cause his superior to stop and think.

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Joyce Rigg

Huh?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2019

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This is the second Inspector Sloan book that I have read. The first was very good, hence me reading this one. This story seems confused, obsessed with stories of the war and its effect on the residents of the town. I still have no idea how he worked out who the killer was or why he did it. A very unsatisfactory story.

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Intriguing Plot.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2020

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It’s a well written book with enough parallel plot to maintain interest. The red herrings are well distributed and the characters are a nice mix of sympathetic and nasty. My only reservation is that it ravels up too quickly. I would have preferred a clearer denouement.

osmonde

easy read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 August 2017

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a simple tale, sometimes felt a little wooden, but a nice easy read

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Three Stars

Reviewed in Canada on 3 August 2017

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Not as good as i remembered

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