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Some Die Eloquent (C. D. Sloan Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)
by Catherine Aird (Author)
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On the pathologist's cold metal table lay the naked body of Beatrice Gwendoline Wansdyke, spinster...Dead of perfectly natural causes at age 59. "The Problem," mused the good doctor, "is not so much what she died from as what she died with: a quarter of a million pounds, in a bank account no maiden lady of modest means should have." Detective Inspector C.D. SLoan could feel in his bones it was murder. He had guessed at the motive. He would surely uncover the method. But couldn't he find out where-oh-where had her little dog gone? And why would looking almost cost him his life?

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 198 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (1981)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553143387
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553143386
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 customer review (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars You can't take it with you - but it was worth a try, April 14, 2008
By CMBohn "cmb" (Orem, UT USA) - See all my reviews
It wasn't so much how Beatrice Wansdyke died that was the trouble - it was what she had when she died. £250,000 - which I calculated to be worth $1.2 million today. So what was a quiet, elderly schoolteacher doing with that kind of money? Her lifestyle didn't reflect a taste for the good life. She lived in a modest home in a quiet suburb that the police describe in the most glowing terms - "no trouble, even on Saturday nights!"

So when the medical examiner finds a few suspicious indications, he informs Inspector C D Sloan. Sloan is plenty busy on his own. His wife is 9 months pregnant with their first baby, and growing more irritable and uncomfortable by the minute. (Hm, wonder what that's like.) But Superintendent Leeyes is just as determined that Sloan figure out how the woman died, where the money came from, and whether there was any foul play involved.

I really enjoy this series. I love the dry, English humor that runs through the books. The exchange between Inspectors Sloan and Harpe has all the humor of Abbott and Costello, but with a British flavor. My only complaint is that sometimes the books leave a lot of loose ends. But this one is one of the best and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys the genre.
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