Last Respects

By: Catherine Aird

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

In this C. D. Sloan Mystery by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, a body is found in the river - but the victim didn't drown.

When local fisherman Horace Boller decided to row his boat out on the tidal backwash of the river one morning, he couldn't have meant to land a catch like this. What he ended up with was a body floating on the river's surface. And judging by the state of the corpse, the death was not a recent one.

The strange thing is, the coroner report indicates that drowning was not the cause of death. It's up to the intrepid C. D. Sloan - and his markedly less intrepid assistant, Constable Crosby - to investigate.

Along the way, Calleshire's most successful pair of puzzle-solving policemen will contend with a handful of additional strange deaths, befuddling municipal building codes, an antiquarian with interesting views on local history, and a fisherman who has his own motivation for helping (or perhaps hindering) the investigation. Can C. D. Sloan get to the bottom of this waterlogged killing?

©1982 Catherine Aird (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

disappointed

gory. I'm returning it. too much gruesome detail describing the state of a body's decomposition. not enough puzzle or charming folksy relationships between the other characters.

A satisfying puzzle

All the elements are there if you can assemble them. Characters in which you can be invested.

Another good one, but narrator not as good

The narrator was very inconsistent this reading, and so when the speaker was not identified by the author (e.g. “... said Sloan”), it was difficult to figure out why a certain character would have said that thing. Additionally, he didn’t get the character right in the sense that he made some sound smarter or dumber than the author has previously developed them to be.

The mystery was good. This book in particular had a pretty sad ending. Usually there is at least one thing to hold onto at the end, a “well at least... “.

Great Mystery & Narration!

It begins a bit slow, but this mystery develops well & the narrator, Derek Perkins, is the best at bringing to life each of the characters. I do highly recommend it.

Last Respects

Held my interest. Was well read. Had seceral twists that kept me guessing. Would recommend this book as entertaining.