Amendment of Life - Softcover

Aird, Catherine

3.67

288 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033048964X ISBN 13: 9780330489645

Publisher: Pan Books, 2003

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The new Detective Inspector Sloan mystery from the mistress of cosy English crimeTidying up the famous yew hedge maze at Aumerle Court was never Peter Carter's favourite job. He liked it even less this Monday morning when he reached the exact centre of the maze - an allegory for death since the time of the Minotaur.He is supervised as ever by the redoubtable Miss Daphne, chatelaine of the Court, who is surveying the maze from an upstairs window, as the ladies of the house have done since Tudor times. She, too, realizes that death is in their midst.Detective Inspector Sloan soon arrives at Aumerle Court, with Detective Constable Crosby in tow. Together they begin an investigation that will prove to have more twists and turns than the maze itself . . .'Catherine Aird is as clever a detective writer as Margery Allingham.' Times Literary Supplement

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'Catherine Aird is as clever a detective writer as Margery Allingham.' Times Literary Supplement

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Critical Praise for Catherine Aird

“Written with Catherine Aird’s characteristic brisk wit...the knotty plot is sufficiently tangled that it’s a pleasure watching Sloan unravel it.” —Orlando Sentinel on Stiff News

“There are serious issues at the root of the plot but Aird’s touch is as lightly comic as her plot is deftly cunning.” —Jon L. Breen, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine on Stiff News

“A mystery as solid as any Inspector Sloan has ever encountered. A well-plotted resolution and a solid tale.” —Chicago Sun-Times on A Going Concern

“Another lively adventure.... For those who like quiet British procedurals, with the emphasis more on wit and sly turns of phrase than on mean streets, Aird’s series is sure to please.” —Booklist on Little Knell

“Intricate, witty, and thoroughly delightful...a literate, surprising treat.” —Publishers Weekly on A Going Concern (starred review)

“Quality writing from a practiced hand.” —Library Journal on After Effects

“Witty and clever.” —Des Moines Register on A Going Concern

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