A Going Concern
Published on 2. June 2015
169 pages
978-1-5040-1056-6 (ISBN)
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A bizarre clause in an elderly woman's will exposes a dirty secret-and a murder-in this "intricate, witty, and thoroughly delightful" mystery (
Publishers Weekly).
It was an odd request, but when Octavia Garamond passed away, she left explicit instructions in her will: The police mustbe present at her funeral, and the coroner should be exceptionally thorough when examining her body.
Amelia Kennerly is perplexed to find herself the sole executor of her great-aunt's will, as she barely knew her. Further questions arise when the local parson, Mr. Fournier, is anything but happy to conduct Octavia's service. Then someone breaks into Octavia's home and tears the house apart. It seems the old lady's words may have been eerily prescient: "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."
From a winner of crime fiction's prestigious Diamond Dagger, this twisting mystery featuring Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan of the Berebury CID is "a literate, surprising treat" ( Publishers Weekly).
It was an odd request, but when Octavia Garamond passed away, she left explicit instructions in her will: The police mustbe present at her funeral, and the coroner should be exceptionally thorough when examining her body.
Amelia Kennerly is perplexed to find herself the sole executor of her great-aunt's will, as she barely knew her. Further questions arise when the local parson, Mr. Fournier, is anything but happy to conduct Octavia's service. Then someone breaks into Octavia's home and tears the house apart. It seems the old lady's words may have been eerily prescient: "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."
From a winner of crime fiction's prestigious Diamond Dagger, this twisting mystery featuring Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan of the Berebury CID is "a literate, surprising treat" ( Publishers Weekly).
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Catherine Aird
A Going Concern
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09/1994
St. Martin's Press
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Catherine Aird (1930-2024) was the author of more than twenty volumes of detective mysteries and three collections of short stories. Most of her fiction features 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 made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to the Girl Guide Association. She lived in a village in East Kent, England.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- One: Found in the garden dead in his beauty -
- Two: Oh, that a linnet should die in the spring!
- Three: Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty.
- Four: Muffle the dinner bell, solemnly ring.
- Five: Bury him kindly, up in the corner
- Six: Bird, beast, and goldfish are sepulchred there.
- Seven: Bid the black kitten march as chief mourner,
- Eight: Weaving her tail like a plume in the air
- Nine: Bury him nobly - next to the donkey
- Ten: Fetch the old banner, and wave it about
- Eleven: Bury him deeply - think of the monkey,
- Twelve: Shallow his grave and the dogs get him out
- Thirteen: Bury him softly - white wool around him
- Fourteen: Kiss his poor feathers - first kiss and last
- Fifteen: Tell his poor widow kind friends have found him.
- Sixteen: Plant his poor grave with whatever grows fast.
- Seventeen: Farewell, sweet ginger, dead in thy beauty.
- Eighteen: Silent through summer, though other birds sing
- Nineteen: Bury him comrades, in pitiful duty.
- Twenty: Muffle the dinner-bell, mournfully ring.
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
