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Starting/joining in with buddy reads
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White Nights by Ann Cleeves (Shetland #2) (August/Sept 25)
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A sit-in is planned at the University of Calleshire but some of the students have no wish to take part and boycott it. The police are aware of the situation but only become involved when one of the students is found murdered, though he is not involved in the sit-in. Sloan and Crosby are sent to investigate and find that there is no apparent motive and plenty of suspects but at least all the rebellious students had been locked in one building and are therefore not involved.
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Nov 03, 2023
Susan in NC
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This entry in the long-running series was enjoyable as always, but a bit confusing.
Several suspects among students and professors at the University of Calleshire. There’s a sit-in serving as background for this murder mystery, which muddies things a bit - a student refuses to take part in the demonstration, then is found dead in the quad. I didn’t get all the hints about the expelled student whom the students were demonstrating to get readmitted, but references to Belfast made me wonder…these b ...more
Several suspects among students and professors at the University of Calleshire. There’s a sit-in serving as background for this murder mystery, which muddies things a bit - a student refuses to take part in the demonstration, then is found dead in the quad. I didn’t get all the hints about the expelled student whom the students were demonstrating to get readmitted, but references to Belfast made me wonder…these b ...more
Feb 12, 2008
Nancy Oakes
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really, 3.5 stars
During a student-run sit in at a local university, a young student is found dying in the quad. His final words were heard by another student, but no one could figure out what he meant. Sloan is on hand to investigate, but it's an uphill battle with too many suspects and no apparent motive. Plus he's got his mind on the new baby expected at his home.
This one didn't end as abruptly as the others, which was good. Recommended for those who like police procedurals & British series m ...more
During a student-run sit in at a local university, a young student is found dying in the quad. His final words were heard by another student, but no one could figure out what he meant. Sloan is on hand to investigate, but it's an uphill battle with too many suspects and no apparent motive. Plus he's got his mind on the new baby expected at his home.
This one didn't end as abruptly as the others, which was good. Recommended for those who like police procedurals & British series m ...more
A few humorous moments and I quite like Inspector Sloan and Crosby but for the most part I found this book slow and tedious to plow through.
This is the seventh in the Inspector Sloan series, first published in 1977. It revolves around a sit-in at a university and a murder in the quad which sees Inspector Sloan and DC Crosby struggling to negotiate a set of strange clues and a host of possible suspects among the academics and students.
Although this is a fairly gentle series, there is a sense of reality which is often not shown in many modern cosy series. People die, but they are mourned - there are regrets and loss and a real sense ...more
Although this is a fairly gentle series, there is a sense of reality which is often not shown in many modern cosy series. People die, but they are mourned - there are regrets and loss and a real sense ...more
Dec 19, 2023
Carolien
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I love the DC Sloan series for the classic mysteries and DC Sloan's sense of cynical humour. In this instalment set at the University of Calleshire a strange break-in is followed by the murder of a student. DC Sloan has to put up with a student sit-in and various eccentric academics as he tries to solve the mystery. Highly recommend this series.
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Set in a university, the beginning named so many characters that I couldn't remember who was who. From then I just went with the flow, hoping that the important ones would become apparent The students were organizing a sit-in as they wanted one of their number reinstated, and were calling for the head of the university to resign. This then cut down on the amount of people capable to commit a murder on the grounds, as once a body had been found the students were locked into their sit-in. Inspecto
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I'm enjoying this series of rather short, 1960's era police procedurals. This wasn't one of the strongest but still fun and I didn't figure out whodunnit!
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Nov 17, 2023
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