The Stately Home Murder [Paperback]

Catherine Aird (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1983

At a stately home, now open for public tours, a young boy lifts the visor on a suit of armor - and finds a face staring back at him! Inspector C. D. Sloan and his wisecracking sidekick, Constable Crosby, Catherine Aird's two popular sleuths, must figure out who stashed the body and why.

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Editorial Reviews

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A tourist discovers a body in a suit of armor on display at an English country estate. Suspicion centers on the owning family whose archetypical members are superbly portrayed by Robin Bailey. His takeoff on the two aged aunts is just delicious. Distinction is made, as it is in British society, between the aristocrats and ordinary folk like Detective Sloan, a continuing Aird sleuth. One senses that both writer and reader are having fun with this one. Bailey has read other of Aird's "cosy" mysteries, but has died, so this is the end. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) (September 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553240781
• ISBN-13: 978-0553240788
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,895,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware!, September 5, 2010

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egreetham (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stately Home Murder (Rue Morgue Classic British Mysteries) (Paperback)

I read this book long ago, and a have a fond memory of it, and its Inspector C.D. Sloan, but that's not why I'm writing.

PLEASE NOTE: If you don't want to know the solution to this mystery, don't read the review entitled "Two Murders, One Book." The solution is revealed in the review.

Catherine Aird is a very delightful and witty writer; she and her readers (whatever they end up thinking of the book) deserve to be allowed to enjoy the process of discovering whodunnit together, without having their sport spoiled.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read., September 15, 2009

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Mildred B. Odell "Millie" (Mesquite, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Stately Home Murder (Rue Morgue Classic British Mysteries) (Paperback)

Enjoyed this mystery very much. Easy to read and interesting plot. I will seek out more from this author to read.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A review of the audio book, September 30, 2010

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B. A. Peterson "daggerofthemind" (Hampton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Stately Home Murder (Audible Audio Edition)

Many years ago, I saw actor Robin Bailey in a tv miniseries on Mystery! called Charters and Caldicott. He played Charters. I became a fan of his and Michael Aldredge's immediately. Of course since he's British and I'm in the States, I could rarely see any of his TV work, but I've collected his audio tapes/CDs for a long time.

There's a cliche about Richard Burton's beautiful voice - he could spellbound people just by reading the phonebook. Robin Bailey is in that class.

Now, Stately Home Murder is a slight mystery, with lots of extraneous detail to pad it out. But in listening to Bailey's voice, as he essays dozens of accents, both male and female...it is just a lot of fun to listen to.

I highly recommend the audio version of this book.

BP

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