Here are seventeen new short stories which are guaranteed to delight Catherine Aird's already established fans and win her many more.

For those who have come to love Aird's novels, such as STIFF NEWS and LITTLE KNELL,CHAPTER AND HEARSE is a gift. For the indefatigable detective Inspector Sloan reappears in many of these stories with his sidekick Crosby. But there are also new characters to be met, such as the mysterious Malcolm Venables of the Secret Service.

Full of delicious twists and turns, CHAPTER AND HEARSE is a collection to curl up with and savour.

'Catherine Aird is as clever a detective writer as Margery Allingham.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

For those who like quiet British procedurals with the emphasis more on wit and sly turns of phrase than on mean streets, Aird is sure to please.

Catherine Aird is the author of some eighteen crime novels, including the Sloan and Crosby series (most recently LITTLE KNELL and AMENDMENT OF LIFE). She lives in East Kent.