A set of perfectly puzzling British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan-from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and "most ingenious" author ( The New Yorker).

Over the course of twenty-four crime novels set in the fictional County of Calleshire, England, and featuring the sleuthing team of shrewd Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan and his less-than-shrewd sidekick, Detective Constable William Crosby, award-winning author Catherine Aird maintained the perfect balance between cozy village mystery and police procedural. These three entertaining crime novels offer "the very best in British mystery" ( The New Yorker).

Last Respects: A local fisherman finds a body in the river-but the coroner's report reveals the victim didn't die from drowning. Now Calleshire's most successful pair of puzzle-solving policemen must plumb the depths of this mystery and haul in a murderer.

Harm's Way: When a crow drops a severed human finger, Sloan begins the search for the body that goes with it-and the list of people who have gone missing from Great Rooden's farming country is lengthy. With Constable Crosby lending a hand, it's up to Sloan to point the finger at the culprit.

A Dead Liberty: A crime of passion, a poisoned meal, and a jealous woman who would kill before she would be spurned-it might all fit if only the accused would talk. But Lucy Durmast refuses to utter a single word. With Lucy's lips sealed, Sloan has no choice but to listen to his intuition.