Injury Time - Hardcover

Aird, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312130953 ISBN 13: 9780312130954

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Who poisoned Anna Macmillan with a deadly dose of antimony? Where are the priceless pearls that vanished during a country house weekend? What caused the temperature of a health club sauna to rise so dramatically that its sole occupant was dead within minutes? How was the code to an eminent scientist's high-tech alarm system broken on the very day it was issued?
From the investigations of Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan and his enthusiastic, but not very helpful, Constable Crosby in the not-so-sleepy county of Calleshire to the long lunches of civil servant Henry Tyler in the tranquil environs of London's Mordaunt Club, Catherine Aird's collection of sixteen stories takes the reader through an ingenious selection of crimes and puzzles, full of delightful literary subtleties and fascinating legal and medical twists.

About this title

From AudioFile:

Golden Handcuffs Award winner Catherine Aird is considered to be one of the most talented English mystery writers of our time. Edward Raleigh is a British performer well suited for these conventional mysteries. Whether portraying a prominent scientist, a young widow or a tactless cockney detective, Raleigh is convincing and authentic. Most entertaining are his female interpretations. Each of the English women has a unique personality with a humorous eccentric twist. Raleigh's distinctive British flair provides the appropriate gusto to accompany these clever tales. B.J.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Publishers Weekly:

These 16 clever short puzzlers by the accomplished British author will serve as an excellent introduction to new readers and be a sure delight to fans. Most center around the investigations and acute observations of Berebury Detective Inspector Sloan. Like Agatha Christie, Aird (A Going Concern) specializes in classic puzzles with ingenious, yet logical, surprise endings. In "Memory Corner," a professor says he killed a student who had developed a way to read another's memory, a discovery that would signal, he says, "the end of all investigative and judicial processes." Skeptical, Sloan determines another reason for the young man's death. A few stories star Foreign Officer Henry Tyler, who solves cases for beleaguered friends and family members. Featuring neither Sloan nor Tyler is the satisfying "Devilled Dip," about an unlucky thief's inadvertant good deed.
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About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0312130953
• ISBN 13: 9780312130954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168