Parting Breath (The C. D. Sloan Mysteries), by Catherine Aird
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In this thrilling crime novel by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, a student’s last words are all that Detective C. D. Sloan has to go on in his latest case There are rumblings throughout the campus of the University of Calleshire, talk of a sit-in, of revolt, of H? Chí Minh, of discontent. Malcolm Humbert has been expelled, and the students are livid. Meanwhile, the faculty is equally out of sorts—Hilda Linaker just wants to finish her treatise on Jane Austen, Bernard Watkinson is tired of dealing with the female students’ vehement—and possibly dangerous—opinions, and Simon Mautby can’t find a lab tech to help with his ecology experiments. When someone breaks into a dorm room, leaving behind little evidence but a single kernel of corn, it’s time to call in the police. But no one—not the professors, the students, or even the great detective C. D. Sloan—could have predicted murder. A young woman finds a second-year student slumped against a cloister’s column, covered in blood. Before he dies, he manages to breathe the words “twenty-six minutes.” The brilliant and acerbic inspector C. D. Sloan, recently reunited with his assistant, Detective Constable Crosby, must connect a seemingly unrelated burglary to a senseless murder—with nothing more to go on than those eerie last words.
Parting Breath (The C. D. Sloan Mysteries), by Catherine Aird- Amazon Sales Rank: #217922 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Catherine Aird is the author of twenty-odd crime novels and story collections, most of which feature Detective Chief Inspector C. D. Sloan. She holds an honorary M. A. from the University of Kent and was made an M.B.E. Her more recent works include "Amendment of Life", "Past Tense" and "Losing Ground". She lives in England.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Not an easy read By Avid Mystery Reader I have read several of Catherine Aird's novels in this series and for the most part I find them quite interesting. Although they all tend to be a bit slow paced for me, I never had one that I really did not understand until now. When I finished up this one, I had to go back and contemplate what really happened. I think part of the problem was my lack of knowledge about WWI and WW2 era events that happened in Germany. I had to go back and think about world history and it began to make a bit more sense. I finally put the pieces together and realize that this is a very complex murder mystery in many ways. Again, part of the problem with content and figuring out the murder even when the villain was revealed is the fault of this reader being somewhat unacquainted with European history and the fact that this book was originally written in the 1970's (the current edition is a reprint of an earlier novel). I think I may be just a bit removed from this particular era of time which makes it a bit foreign for this reader. Others may find this novel fascinating as Aird does drop a lot of hints along the way about the who and why of the murder, which for a murder mystery fan is usually joyful events. However, even now that I have pieced things together I cannot say that Parting Breath was one of my favorite reads.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A clue in the words of a dying man By Michele L. Worley Oh, what is death but parting breath?- "Macpherson's Farewell" by Robert BurnsI recommend the unabridged audio recording by Robin Bailey to anyone who's interested; he's a great narrator, and his recordings of various adventures of Inspector Sloan have all been excellent.The University of Calleshire at the beginning of the fall term is a mass of discontent, among students and professors alike. The students' Direct Action Committee is incensed that Malcolm Humbert was expelled - and they want to use him as an excuse for a sit-in, to lure the University administrators into suing Humbert for trespass. The few sitters-out are grousing about their holiday jobs - particularly the ecology students, who had a massive amount of holiday work. As for the faculty, Hilda Linnaker (English literature) is melancholy that her magnum opus on Jane Austen is nearly finished, marking her upcoming retirement, Bernard Watkinson (History) is grumpy about putting up with female students, while Simon Mautby (ecology) is in one of his usual volcanic outbursts over the unavailability of good lab help to look after his animals so he can get away.The administrators' determination not to get the police involved with the upcoming sit-in is matched only by Superintendent Leeyes' resolution not to entangle the Berebury force in it. Unfortunately, Sloan and Crosby are called out to investigate a burglary - Colin Ellison, rising star in ecology, suffered the loss of his holiday essay and notes, together with the trashing of his room, the day before it was due. And on the day itself - the first night of the sit-in - another young ecologist, Henry Moleyns, is found stabbed, very professionally, leaving only the mysterious last words "twenty-six minutes".Are the theft and the murder connected? Why would anyone kill a penniless ecology student, fresh back from a bicycle tour of Europe? Why did Moleyns have a falling out with the committee and refuse to go near the sit-in - what happened to him over the summer, and where did he go? Then a second murder takes place, suggesting a possible motive - but for whom?And what does "twenty-six minutes" *mean*, anyway?This story is both a completely fair puzzle, and a very good story. As a subordinate thread in the narrative, we're kept up to date on Sloan's private life - he and his wife are expecting their first child, and it's affecting his brain. :) The child's birth occurs in _Some Die Eloquent_, if you're interested. Crosby, his assistant, gets a little respect for something other than driving, for once, as he unearths some interesting evidence, and lack thereof, while searching various rooms at the university.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A Town and Truncheon Mystery By Eileen E. Gormly Detective Inspector Slon expec ted trouble when he was called in to the student sit-in at Calleshire University. The dons were nervous, the students excited - it seemed inevitable that there would be a clash of some kind... But murder?Another thoroughly enjoyable classic British mystery from Catherine Aird. In this, the eighth in her Inspector Sloan series, we have red herrings galore as well as the usual goodly quantity of clues. While it might seem a bit dated to some, involving sit-ins, etc., in fact it holds up quite well. Aird gives both sides (dons [professors, to you Yanks] & students) a sympathetic hearing - there is no condescending tone or false liberality - just people being people and interesting ones, at th at.I can recommend this completely and again wish that more of her books were in print. If you enjoy Ellis Peter's series of George Felse mysteries - you'll like these.
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