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Description
Gemma James is adjusting to professional and personal changes — and a future now intricately entwined with Duncan Kincaid. But her new responsibilities are put to the test when she is placed in charge of a particularly brutal homicide: The lovely young wife of a wealthy antiques dealer has been found murdered on fashionable Notting Hill. The main focus of Gemma's investigation is Karl Arrowood, who had the most powerful motive for killing his unfaithful wife. But this case sets off warning bells for Duncan: It's far too similar to an unsolved murder in which an antiques dealer was killed in precisely the same way.
In this 2002 entry in the series about Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, three murders seem related. As Duncan and Gemma investigate, they must also cope with their new life together, including Gemma's pregnancy. Michael Deehy has narrated earlier books in this series and has a firm grasp of the characters. Over several books, we come to know these people; Deehy's sensitive characterizations help make them our old friends. Deehy is particularly good at conveying emotion and states of being-tired characters sound tired, peevish characters sound peevish. If this is new territory, you'll be hooked; if you know the series, welcome back. R.E.K. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
About the Author
A native Texan, award-winning author Deborah Crombie lived in England and Scotland before becoming a full-time novelist. She is the author of A Share inDeath, In a Dark House, and Now May You Weep, an IMBA bestseller; all three titles are available as Sound Library audiobooks. Crombie lives in north Texas.
