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The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1)

Catherine Aird

Start date: January 1, 2022

Finish date: January 31, 2022

Discussion: Group reads

Why we're reading this: Winner of the poll for our January group read.
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* November 2025 group read - Winner!
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May 16, 2015 Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cozy-mysteries, arc, kindle, mystery

Aird's trademark dry wit and fine sense of irony are evident even in her first book, The Religious Body. Inspector Sloan, aided only slightly by the slow-witted Crosby, must figure out who killed a nun in her convent - before the killer strikes again. Full review to come. ...more

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Jan 27, 2015 Sandy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series-active, mystery-classic, rread-2015

Enjoyable cozy mystery with a touch of dry humor. I've ordered the next in the series (in print; audio not available in my library) in anticipation of entry #3 being voted a group read for April. ...more

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Jun 02, 2019 John Frankham rated it it was amazing

Shelves: crime-detective

2024 re-read. Full of witty dialogue. Who cars ‘whodunnit’, it’s the writing that is so good!

Having recently discovered this author when reading the review of her twenty-fifth whodunnit, and having read the two 'best' ones, I have turned to the first in the series, and it was a terrific read as well. A delight.

This one's environment was a nunnery, and we learn much about the day-to-day life, people, and routine, of the institution, as Sloan and his not too bright DC investigate a nun's death. Wa ...more

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