Catherine Aird





Catherine Aird

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January 01, 1930 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

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Catherine Aird (born 1930) is the pseudonym of author Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and is the author of more than twenty crime fiction novels and story collections. Her writings are similar to those of Vivien Armstrong, M C Beaton and Pauline Bell.

Aird is creator of the Sloan and Crosby novels, set in the CID department of the fictional Berebury, West Calleshire, England. She served as Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association from 1990-91. She holds an honorary M. A. from the University of Kent and received the M.B.E. for her services to the Girl Guide Association. She lives in England.

Apart from writing the successful Chronicles of Calleshire she has also written and edited a series of village historie...more


Average rating: 3.57 · 1,392 ratings · 186 reviews · 40 distinct works
The Religious Body
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions
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Henrietta Who?
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions
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A Most Contagious Game
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions
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The Stately Home Murder
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions
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Some Die Eloquent
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1980 — 8 editions
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His Burial Too
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions
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Passing Strange
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions
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A Late Phoenix
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions
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Past Tense
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Slight Mourning
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions
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More books by Catherine Aird…
The Religious Body The Stately Home Murder His Burial Too Slight Mourning Parting Breath
Inspector Sloan, CID Mystery (23 books)
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“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
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