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Slight Mourning

The Calleshire Chronicles, Book 6

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Slight Mourning

By: Catherine Aird
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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In this classic parlor mystery from CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan investigates a dinner party that ended in murder

Twelve friends sit down for supper at Strontfield Park, but only 11 survive the evening. After dinner, the host, William Fent, offers to drive one of his guests home, only to die behind the wheel in a violent accident. The autopsy shows that Fent ingested enough barbiturates to kill a horse.

So begins a fresh tale of murder and deceit for Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan, whose list of suspects begins and ends with the surviving dinner guests. Among them are a theologian at the local university; Dr. and Mrs. Washby, whose wedding was the cause for celebration; Ursula Renville, tall, graceful, and utterly aloof; the fat and extravagant Mr. and Mrs. Marchmont; the spinster Miss Paterson; the rector's daughter, Cynthia Paterson; Quentin Fent, heir to the Fent fortune; and Mr. Fent's wife, the now-widowed Helen. Each of the guests had the opportunity to kill William Fent. But which one wanted him dead?

©2019 Catherine Aird (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Cozy Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Survival Cozy Mysteries

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The writing was competent, and I got the impression that everything came together in the end in an interesting manner. Meanwhile, I was having difficulty keeping my attention because there were a lot of characters, none who were all that primary, and none who I felt any real connection with.

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It's a good cozy book but because of the decade these were written in there is inappropriate racial slang and some mild swearing.

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A very enjoyable book. I am off to buy another after finishing this review. No give aways to the endings of previous books.

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witty and intelligent, good mysteries wrapped up in intelligent writing and clever cultural references..

eloquent language and literary allusions

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Light hearted, but to overly simplistic or gimmicky. The characters are well developed over the course of the series. A very enjoyable mystery!

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Easy to follow speaker. Characters easily discriminated. Love Derrick Perkins' voice and characterizations. Also love Aird's typical British understatement.

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