Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird

June 23, 2025

I can see why Aubrey Hamilton recommended the Inspector Sloan mysteries to me. Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird has a clever plot. I never guessed the killer because the plot was so well-developed, and there were too many likely suspects. It was Henry Ford, the...

Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot by Simon Brett

June 14, 2025

While Simon Brett’s fourth Mrs. Pargeter’s book, Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh, was my favorite in the series so far, I had a hard time getting through Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot. The entire situation was a little too bizarre for me. Mrs. P is...

A Most Contagious Game by Catherine Aird

June 11, 2025

I’m looking forward to reading Catherine Aird’s Inspector C.D. Sloan books, but once I read A Most Contagious Game, I regret that she only wrote this one standalone. It’s such an exceptional “classic British mystery”. I couldn’t put...

The Religious Body by Catherine Aird

June 02, 2025

In 1966, Catherine Aird introduced her series character, Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D., and his supporting cast in the police department in The Religious Body. At the time, The New Yorker “recognized that she was writing an updated version of the...

Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett

May 30, 2025

If a health spa sounds like an unlikely spot for Mrs. Pargeter, you’re right. But, the kindly widow agrees to accompany a friend, Kim Thurrock, to Brotherton Hall health spa for a few days. In fact, Mrs. P and Mrs. Thurrock have something in common. They both...