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Inspector C.D. Sloan investigates the death of Octavia Garamond, who left behind some very unusual requests and whose past contains a long-kept and potentially dangerous secret, as well as the reason for her death
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Intricate, witty and thoroughly delightful, Aird's latest case for Chief Inspector C. D. Sloan and Constable Crosby probes a death with roots in WW II biochemical research. Eccentric, elderly Octavia Garamond has left a will directing that the police be present at her funeral and that her doctor examine her body very closely after her death. These odd requests perplex those involved, notably the deceased's only known survivor, Amelia Kennerly, who is named her great-aunt's sole executor. Further questions are raised when Octavia's home at the Grange, Grand Primer, Calleshire, is thoroughly tossed right after her death; when the local parson expresses some reluctance to preside at the funeral; and when two chemical companies engaged in a takeover battle seem somehow connected to Garamond's demise, which is eventually attributed to a poison worthy of Agatha Christie. As Sloan tracks a money angle, Amelia traces a child born out of wedlock in 1940. In the end, these and related mysteries are handsomely resolved and Aunt Octavia turns out to have been mad only "north-north-west" and fully capable of knowing "a hawk from a handsaw" right unto her end. Peopled with a cast that aptly and frequently quotes Shakespeare, this tale is a literate, surprising treat.
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- PublisherG K Hall & Co
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0783811349
- ISBN 13 9780783811345
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages214
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. 214 pages. Cover very worn. Large print. Ex-libraryThe late O ctavia Garamond's last wishes were very odd indeed. Her request f or a police presence at her funeral bothers Inspector C. D. Sloan e, but not nearly as much as her insistence that her body be thor oughly examined after death. Amelia Kennerly is worried, too, whe n her holiday is interrupted by the news that she has been appoin ted executrix for a great-aunt she only met once. Now she is in c harge of executing a number of inconvenient requests from her lat e Aunt Octavia. But when Octavia Garamond's house is broken into and her papers ransacked, it begins to occur to all concerned tha t perhaps her written requests were not simply the ramblings of a senile old lady, but the actions of a woman in fear of her life. Inspector Sloane, aided (as it were) by Constable Crosby, finds himself facing an inexplicable puzzle. Who would want to harm a q uiet eighty-year-old woman? He must dig deep into Garamond's past , both personal and professional, to uncover the key to a long-ke pt secret and reveal the sinister truth behind her tragic death. With Aird's characteristic charm and wit. A Going Concern is a de lightful welcome back for Inspector C. D. Sloan. Seller Inventory # 2925a
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