Deborah Crombie: 43 books

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing—and deadly—complications for their own lives in this powerful mystery in the bestselling series. On a beautiful morning in mid-May, the body of a young woman is found in one...

Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent...

Der neue Fall aus der Bestseller-Serie um Duncan Kincaid und Gemma James. Am Londoner St. Pancras Bahnhof wird ein Bombenanschlag verübt, bei dem mehrere Menschen sterben. Ryan March, Mitglied einer Protestgruppe, der eine verdächtige Tasche mit sich führte, gehört zu den Toten. War er...

It is the call Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid never expected -- and one he certainly doesn't want. Victoria, his ex-wife, who walked out without an explanation more than a decade ago, asks him to look into the suicide of local poet, Lydia Brooke -- a case that's been officially closed...

When Connor Swann, the dissolute son-in-law of renowned and influential Sir Gerald and Dame Caroline Asherton, is found floating in a Thames River lock, the circumstances eerily recall a strangely similar tragedy. Twenty years ago, the Ashertons' young son, Matthew, a musical prodigy, drowned in a...

An abandoned Southwark warehouse burns next door to a women's shelter for victims of spousal abuse. Within it lies the charred corpse of a female body burned beyond all recognition. At the same time, workers at Guy's Hospital anxiously discuss the disappearance of a hospital administrator -- a beautiful,...

An important and powerful policeman has been murdered, bludgeoned to death in his own kitchen. Few in suburban Surrey mourn the violent passing of Division Commander Alastair Gilbert, whose arrogance and cruelty were legendary in his village and in wider police circles -- which only makes the job...

Newly appointed Detective Inspector Gemma James has never thought to question her friend Hazel Cavendish about her past. So it is quite a shock when Gemma learns that their holiday retreat to a hotel in the Scottish Highlands is, in fact, Hazel's homecoming -- and that fellow guest Donald Brodie was...

A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's vacation before it's begun. One of his new acquaintances at Followdale House is dead; another is a killer....

When Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit, and Toby for a holiday visit to his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich's pretty buildings and the historic winding canal, and young Kit is instantly smitten with his cousin Lally. But their visit is marred...

Un avocat est retrouvé mort dans des circonstances troubles au Crystal Palace, dans le sud-est de Londres. L’inspectrice Gemma James et son adjointe Melody Talbot, qui viennent d’être mutées à la brigade criminelle de Londres-sud, sont chargées de l’enquête. Jeux sexuels ayant mal tourné...

Ce n’est pas tous les jours qu’un haut gradé de la police britannique est assassiné à coups de marteau dans sa cuisine. Aussi, lorsque le commissaire divisionnaire Alastair Gilbert est retrouvé chez lui, le crâne fracassé, Scotland Yard n’hésite pas à employer les grands moyens. L’enquête...

Notting Hill im Mai: In Cornwall Gardens, einem von exklusiven Stadthäusern gesäumten Park in bester Lage, wird die Leiche einer 24-jährigen Frau entdeckt. Wie sich herausstellt, hat Reagan Keating als Kindermädchen in einer der angrenzenden Villen gearbeitet. Und schon bald erfährt Inspector...

Ein Fall der Sonderklasse aus der Erfolgsserie mit Inspector Kincaid und Sergeant Gemma Jones: Der hochrangige Polizeibeamte Gilbert wird in seinem Haus erschlagen aufgefunden. Was zuerst wie die Tat eines Einbrechers aussieht und sich dann als Eifersuchtsdrama präsentiert, entwickelt sich zu einem der verzwicktesten und rätselhaftesten Fälle für die beiden Ermittler.