Catherine Aird at home in her adopted county, Kent, which became ‘Calleshire’ in her novels - Rick Strange/Alamy Catherine Aird, who has died aged 94, enjoyed one of the longest careers in crime ...

Drugs, laundered money, extortion and, of course, murder concern the delightful Inspector C.D. Sloan, last seen in 1998's Stiff News, in this intricately plotted ...

In British veteran Aird's brilliantly sardonic 23rd fair-play whodunit featuring Calleshire County Det. Insp. C.D. Sloan and Sloan's sidekick, Detective Constable Crosby (after 2008's Losing Ground), ...

The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has released a new collection of crime stories by members and features contributions from Diamond Dagger award winners including Catherine Aird, Peter Lovesey and ...

“Stiff News,” by Catherine Aird. St. Martin’s. 240 pages. $21.95. Catherine Aird has been writing mysteries for more than 30 years and she hasn’t lost her sure touch. Her latest, “Stiff News,” is set ...

‘I did take the liberty of consulting my fellow cleric on the matter.’ The vicar gave a little cough. ‘He’s the one in whose parish the Berebury Nursing Home is and who visits there regularly. That ...

Catherine Aird, who has died aged 94, enjoyed one of the longest careers in crime fiction, practising the art of murder for pleasure for nearly 60 years. She specialised in the classic whodunnit as ...