jjares reviewed on 9/13/2019 + 3316 more book reviews

This Sloan and Crosby mystery puts the two on the campus of the University of Calleshire at a student sit-in.  They are protesting the expulsion of a student and take an administrator hostage (in his office).  However, a young lady finds a bloody student slumped against a column of the quadrangle and the police are sent to investigate. 
As usual, Sloan is stuck with Crosby (the young policemen no one wants as a 'helper') and he solves the murder in spite of Crosby.  I read Catherine Aird because of her wonderful dry wit and delightful cozy murders.  This one wasn't up to her usual standards; the tight mystery was there but the humor wasn't as strong.

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) 

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