Rue Morgue Classic British Mysteries: A Late Phoenix (Paperback)

from soraki

When the skeleton of an unknown woman is found during construction of a new building, it's assumed she died during a World War II bombing. However, the autopsy shows that she was shot (and with a British gun not a German gun) during the war. And there are signs that the murderer is still around w...

from bcquinnsmom

In this, the 4th installment in Aird's series featuring CD Sloan, the main character is summoned to the scene of an archaeological dig that is taking place prior to the development of new construction. It seems that a body has been found, and the local doctor decides that it's not the remains of ...

from smik

The people who lived in the houses that were bombed on the site claimed not to know whose body it might have been. No-one knows of a young woman who might have been unaccounted for. But Inspector Sloan sees a flicker of recognition in the eyes of one of the men. And someone is taking desperate me...

from themulhern

The motive meant everything in this one. The plotting was not so much intricate as detailed. The writing was rather good, and I laughed aloud at some discussions of the bombing during the war. The reading was excellent, with a bunch of snotty, drawling British accents. The doctor's secretary was ...