Authors: Catherine Aird

The Body Politic (26 page)

Heber Hibbs sat back and said lazily, “Not only that but I've had a great idea for an advertising slogan for his firm. I want to put it to him.”

Mollie Heber Hibbs was not deceived. “Tell me â¦”

“Arms for the love of Allah.”

About the Author

Catherine Aird is the author of more than twenty volumes of detective mysteries and three collections of short stories. Most of her fiction features Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan and Detective Constable W. E. Crosby. Aird holds an honorary master's degree from the University of Kent and was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to the Girl Guide Association. She lives in a village in East Kent, England.

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ISBN: 978-1-5040-1054-2

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