Parting Breath
by Catherine Aird (Collins, 1977)
audiobook read by Robin Bailey (Audible, 2014)
The mystery is mostly a snooze-fest, unearthing itself to no great interest or enlightenment amidst the tangle of university life (laboriously depicted). The chief—indeed, only real—appeal lies in Sloan’s self-aware musings and stoically borne verbal exchanges with Crosby and Leeyes.