Chapter and hearse
By: Catherine Aird
Publisher: Magna Large Print
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Long Preston, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780750521963
Subjects: English Detective and mystery stories; Fiction; Government investigators; Police; Large type books
Description: "A wealthy businessman has died under suspicious circumstances. A Christmas with the family provides more drama than could be expected. A girl accuses the hospital of killing her grandmother. In sixteenth-century Scotland, the death of a clansman is not what it first appears." "From the investigations of Inspector C.D. Sloan and his enthusiastic, all-too-constant, but not very helpful sidekick Constable Crosby of the Calleshire C.I.D. to the travails of Henry Tyler of the Foreign Office, from the mysterious Malcolm Venables of the Secret Service to Sheriff Rhuaraidh Macmillan of sixteenth-century Scotland, Catherine Aird's latest collection of literate tales takes the reader through the full range of crime and punishment."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: A Change of Heart --; title: Due Diligence --; title: Time, Gentlemen, Please --; title: Cold Comfort --; title: Chapter and Hearse --; title: The Widow's Might --; title: Handsel Monday --; title: Preyed in Aid --; title: A Different Cast of Mind --; title: Examination Results --; title: Child's Play --; title: Like to Die --; title: Dead Letters --; title: Gold, Frankincense and Murder --; title: The Trouble and Strife --; title: Losing the Plot --; title: A Soldier of the Queen --; title: Touch Not the Cat --; title: Exit Strategy --; title: The Wild Card --; title: Coup de Grace --; title: Dummy Run.