Catherine aird pse (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Detectives Sloan and Crosby find themselves assigned two rather puzzling cases. First, there's the young woman's body which has been discovered in the River Alm. And then there's the mysterious break-in at the Berebury Nursing Home. To be precise, it's Josephine Short's room at the nursing home that's been entered, although nothing seems to be missing. What could the intruder have been after? It becomes apparent to Sloan and Crosby that the two cases are connected--but who can the killer be.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. When a London businessman retires early and buys a Tudor mansion, he's quite surprised--and perhaps even a little pleased (retirement being pretty boring)--to find a skeleton hidden in a secret room in the house. The skeleton appears to be more than a 150 years old, so the local police leave it to the homeowner to solve the mystery. The police are much more interested in solving a local, modern murder. Somehow the two deaths are connected. First published in 1967, this is Aird's only non-Inspector Sloan mystery and a complete triumph.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. This collection of mysteries contains the following short stories: A Change of Heart, Due Diligence, Time Gentleman Please, Cold Comfort Far, Chapter and Hearse, The Widow's Might, Handsel Monday, Preyed in Aid, A DIfferent Cast of Mind, Examination Results, Child's Play, Like to Die, Dead Letters, Gold, Frankincense, and Murder, The Trouble and Strife, Losing the Plot, A Soldier of the Queen, Touch Not the Cat, Exit Strategy, The Wild Card, Coup de Grace, and Dummy Run.…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Decades ago, Germans bombed the village at Lamb Lane. But now redevelopment is under way. During the excavation, a workman finds the skeleton of a pregnant girl with a bullet lodged in her spine. The trail is definitely stone cold when C. D. Sloan takes on the case.