jjares reviewed on 10/21/2019 + 3293 more book reviews

This book by Catherine Aird has more red herrings than a basket of fish.  'The Body Politic' is so sneaky, I didn't get to first base with the clues.  Of course, the wry wit was flying all over the place and Crosby was trying to kill Sloan along the roads (with his wild driving).

The story is about a British-based minerals company that runs afoul of the foreign country when one of its engineers kills a local in the street via his car.  Immediately, the British company sends the unlucky engineer home to England. The foreign country threatens to close down the British company (working in its country) unless the young man is returned to their country to face charges of murder.  The next day, the unlucky engineer dies in a war reenactment.   

Sloan and Crosby Mystery
 1. TheReligious Body (1966) 
2.Henrietta Who? (1968) 
3. TheComplete Steel (1969)   aka The Stately Home Murder
4. A LatePhoenix (1970)  
5. HisBurial Too (1973)  
6. SlightMourning (1975) 
7. Parting Breath (1977) 
8. Some Die Eloquent (1979) 
9. Passing Strange (1980) 
10. LastRespects (1982)  
11. Harm's Way (1984)
12. A Dead Liberty (1986)
** 13. The Body Politic (1990)  

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