- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company (Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060525258
- ISBN-13: 978-0060525255
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.3 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,645,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A master of the modern British mystery...one writer who gets better with every book." -- Harrisburg Patriot News
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ANDREW TAYLOR, author of The American Boy
‘A dark and complex contemporary police procedural, firmly rooted in London’s mysterious heart’
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29 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A good Deborah Crombie, Who-done-it is just what I needed to get my Fall off to the right start. Just seems to go well with the fall colors. As always the book is carried by the main characters. In this edition Scotland yard superitendant Duncan Kinkaid and his partner (and lover) Gemma James (always makes me think Jenna Jameson!) are on the chase of a serial arsonist who is terrorizing London, While also looking into the abduction of a 10 year old girl that may have been committed by the parents who are going through a hotely contested divorce. Woven into the story are the many subplots that continue on from previous books in the series. Fans of the seriers will be happy, and the book also stands well enough alone for the unintiated to give it a try.
You should also check out "A Tourist in the Yucatan" My favorite Mystery/thriller of the summer!
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Format:Paperback
This is the tenth of the Kincaid/James series, and it shows. The two detectives now are living in a patchwork family together with their respective sons, and the thrill of Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James` relationship has worn off, naturally, just as have the narrative and inventive skills of their creator Crombie.
She is more interested in all kinds of every day matters than in thinking of a good crime story, making up for lack of concentration by throwing in lots of parallel actions and points to start her narrative from. If she thinks her readers will be thrown off the track, she might be right, but they will probably lose interest in solving the three different cases presented by Crombie.
So we are faced with an arsonist, a murderer, and a kidnapper, and have to share several people's complicated personal history. The only character this reader here took real interest in is wheelchair-bound Franny, whose lady lodger and partner deceives her cruelly.
Finally, some of the loose ends are tied up, but you do not really want to follow Kincaid/James for another 7 adventures, although Crombie's endeavours at literary acclaim show all too clearly in the quotes from British classics that head every chapter. What a discrepancy to her own work, sorry to say.
Crombie's love for Britain and everything British, which she confessed at a recent reading, may endear her to her British readers, but not necessarily to all the others.
She is more interested in all kinds of every day matters than in thinking of a good crime story, making up for lack of concentration by throwing in lots of parallel actions and points to start her narrative from. If she thinks her readers will be thrown off the track, she might be right, but they will probably lose interest in solving the three different cases presented by Crombie.
So we are faced with an arsonist, a murderer, and a kidnapper, and have to share several people's complicated personal history. The only character this reader here took real interest in is wheelchair-bound Franny, whose lady lodger and partner deceives her cruelly.
Finally, some of the loose ends are tied up, but you do not really want to follow Kincaid/James for another 7 adventures, although Crombie's endeavours at literary acclaim show all too clearly in the quotes from British classics that head every chapter. What a discrepancy to her own work, sorry to say.
Crombie's love for Britain and everything British, which she confessed at a recent reading, may endear her to her British readers, but not necessarily to all the others.
Format:Paperback
I like Crombie's writing. I like Kincaid and James as characters and have enjoyed their professional and personal relationships developing. I must confess I have not read the books in order but this largely doesn't matter-it means that I know what happens regarding certain things but doesn't detract from the individual stories. However, I do not think this is her best story.
There is a body found in a fire which could be one of many people who appear to have gone missing, a 10 year old abducted by her father who later reports her missing, and the ongoing custody battle over Kit who may or may not be Kincaid's son. For me, it felt that there were too many characters who were not able to be adequately developed. I would still recommend reading this and other books by her as they are a good police procedural without the gore!
There is a body found in a fire which could be one of many people who appear to have gone missing, a 10 year old abducted by her father who later reports her missing, and the ongoing custody battle over Kit who may or may not be Kincaid's son. For me, it felt that there were too many characters who were not able to be adequately developed. I would still recommend reading this and other books by her as they are a good police procedural without the gore!
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One of the best
This book is well paced and plotted and the author keeps several balls in the air rather better than in some of her earlier efforts. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Dr. Peter G. Upton
Sorry but this is nonsense
Have you ever been to London Deborah Crombie?
This reads like some adventure in Toytown.
SO - the story may have a germ of interest but the reality feeling is 0 /... Read more
This reads like some adventure in Toytown.
SO - the story may have a germ of interest but the reality feeling is 0 /... Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. Marriott
Cronbie magic
I have just finished reading this title and thought it was the 2nd best in the series. The characters are a delight to follow and for an american, her knowledge of London is... Read more
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