Harms Way, Catherine Aird
Harms Way, Catherine Aird
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Harm's Way

Author: Catherine Aird

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/31/2019

Synopsis

When the Berebury Footpaths Society created their locally infamous motto, “Every walk a challenge,” they couldn’t have known just how apt it would be. Avid hikers Wendy Lamport and Gordon Briggs suffer from a good walk spoiled when, while reclaiming a public footpath from the greedy barbed-wire fences of encroaching farmers, a crow drops a severed human finger at their feet. And where there’s a finger, thinks Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan, a body can’t be far behind.It would seem that there are a handful of bodies to whom the finger might belong. A suspiciously long list of people have gone missing from Great Rooden’s farming country: the tippling son of a local pillar of society, a financier who may have angered the wrong man, and even an old tramp or two who may have thieved one apple too many. Can the old tag team of DI Sloan and Constable Crosby solve the case?

About Catherine Aird

Catherine Aird (1930–2024) was the author of more than twenty books of detective mysteries and three collections of short stories, most of which feature Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan and Detective Constable W. E. Crosby. Aird held an honorary master’s degree from the University of Kent and was appointed an MBE in 1998. In recognition of her significant contribution to crime writing she was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger in 2015.

About Derek Perkins

Derek Perkins is a professional narrator and voice actor. He has earned numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, as well as numerous Society of Voice Arts nominations. AudioFile magazine named him a Best Voice consecutively in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Augmented by a knowledge of three foreign languages and a facility with accents, he has narrated numerous titles in a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joy on August 31, 2020

As usual, a closely knit community with sharply drawn characters. The setting is a pleasant group of farms. The unidentifiable body could be any of several missing persons, but it's rather chopped about. Who the victim is makes all the difference - as the clever murderer knows all too well. A thorou......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B. on July 15, 2024

Interesting plot and twists with engaging characters add to the enjoyment of the story. Clean. Quotes: Biblical verses (not preachy), Bacon, Sherlock, and others. Excellent narration (use faster speech rate if desired). Recommended. 👍 4-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ FYI — Quoting like that indicates some of the author’s......more

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on July 07, 2022

Review of the audiobook narrated by Derek Perkins. I seem to have accidentally on purpose started a Catherine Aird glom, as this is my third in three weeks. Several of the Inspector Sloan books are free on Audible Plus, which is what got me started. I enjoy Sloan and his rather dull sidekick; the snar......more

Goodreads review by Julie (jjmachshev) on May 13, 2009

Another clever British mystery from Catherine Aird. "Harm's Way" is part of her continuing series starring CID Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan who plies his trade in the English countryside. This case begins with the discovery of a human finger--dropped by a crow. Now DI Sloan must ferret out the clu......more

Quotes

“A shining…star…A most ingenious lady…The very best in British mystery.” New Yorker, praise for the author

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