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A country house whodunnit introducing Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James. Kincaid's holiday in Yorkshire turns sinister when one of the hotel guests is found murdered in the hotel's whirlpool bath. Ably assisted by Gemma, Kincaid sets out to track down a surprising killer.

The third in the Duncan Kincaid mystery series. Superintendent Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are summoned from Scotland Yard to investigate the drowning of a man. Twenty years earlier, the man's brother had drowned in mysterious circumstances. Could it be that the murderer is one of the family?

Senior policeman Commander Albert Gilbert is found dead at home. Inspector Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James soon have their prime suspect in Geoff Genovase, until one of Gemma's colleagues, Jackie Temple, voices her suspicions about a senior police officer.

Una semana de vacaciones en una lujosa residencia de propiedad compartida, situada en un tranquilo paraje de Yorkshire, es justo lo que le conviene al comisario de Scotland Yard, Duncan Kincaid, agotado por una sobrecarga de trabajo. No obstante, en vez de las actividades relajantes, como excursiones y lectura, que ha programado, justo al día siguiente de haber conocido a todos los huéspedes en un cóctel de presentación encuentra el, cadáver del subdirector del establecimiento flotando en la piscina. No será el único.

¿Qué relación pueden tener con las víctimas del crimen la provocativa directora del centro; o las hermanas solteronas escocesas, o la bella científica, o el diputado dé éxito?

A pesar de la antipatía que le demuestra el ineficaz jefe de policía del lugar, que no soporta la injerencia de Kincaid, éste, con la ayuda de su subordinada, la joven y brillante Gemma James, irá desentrañando las escondidas conexiones entre las víctimas y los sospechosos hasta colocar la última pieza del puzzle en un final sobrecogedor.

La muerte violenta del comandante de la policía Alastair Gilbert, a golpes de martillo, en la cocina de su casa, convulsiona la aparente tranquilidad de Holmbury St. Mary, un pueblecito de Surrey cercano a Londres. El historial opaco de la víctima, poco apreciada por sus convecinos y tampoco por algunos círculos de la policía, hace que el trabajo de los investigadores de Scotland Yard, el comisario Duncan Kincaid y la sargento Gemma James, emprenda dos direcciones. ¿La delicada esposa del comandante o alguno de los vecinos están implicados en el asesinato o es el entorno policial de Gilbert el que lo está?

In this dazzling addition to Deborah Crombie's acclaimed mystery series, a disappearance, a murder, and a child in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End – a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide – to solve one of the most challenging and disturbing cases they've ever faced…

Necessary as Blood

Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and the avant-garde, a place where elegant Georgian town houses exist side by side with colorful street markets and the hippest clubs. But here races and cultures still clash, and the trendy galleries and glamorous nightlife of Whitechapel disguise a violent and seedy underside, where unthinkable crimes bring terror to the innocent.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in mid May, a young mother, Sandra Gilles, leaves her daughter with a friend at the Columbia Road Flower Market and disappears. Shortly thereafter, her husband, a Pakistani lawyer, is killed. Scotland Yard detective Gemma James happens upon the scene in time to witness the investigator making a mistake.

When Duncan and his trusted sergeant, Doug Cullen, see Gemma's name in the report, they decide to take the case. Working together again, Gemma, Duncan, Doug, and Melody Talbot must solve it before the murderer can get his hands on the real prize, Naz and Sandra's daughter.

But just as the case grows more dangerous, a personal issue threatens to throw Gemma and Duncan off the trail. In the end, it is up to them to stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.

Connor Swann, yerno de Sir Gerald Asherton, director de orquesta, y de su mujer, Dame Caroline, cantante de ópera, es hallado muerto en una esclusa del Támesis en la encantadora campiña de los alrededores de Henley. Ante las dudas acerca de las circunstancias de su fallecimiento, el comisario Duncan Kincaid y la sargento Gemma James son designados para encargarse de dilucidar el caso, y pronto se percatan de que no se trata de un accidente. Otro suceso trágico ya había golpeado a los Asherton veinte años atrás con la muerte por ahogamiento de su hijo Matthew ante los ojos de Julia, hermana del niño. Aunque aparentemente los dos sucesos no tienen relación, no se descarta que exista un nexo. Con los hábiles interrogatorios y el acercamiento a la vida íntima de los personajes, ambos policías construyen pieza a pieza el telón de fondo de la verdadera historia. El flash de una imagen que surge con fuerza de la mente de Kincaid será la clave para descubrir el móvil que ha provocado el luctuoso hecho.

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Dr Victoria McClellan is writing a biography of the tortured poet Lydia Brooke, five years after Brooke's tragic suicide. Victoria becomes immersed in Lydia's life – she cannot believe the poet died by her own hand. So she calls her SI ex-husband for help in the case who receives terrible news…

La muerte durante el sueño de Jasmine Dent, aquejada de un cáncer incurable, no extraña a nadie, hasta que su vecino de escalera, el comisario de Scotland Yard Duncan Kincaid, intuye por ciertos indicios desconcertantes que su fallecimiento no ha sido causado por la enfermedad y ordena una autopsia. El diagnóstico es claro: muerte por sobredosis de morfina. ¿Suicidio o asesinato? Asesinato. El hallazgo del diario íntimo de Jasmine, iniciado en la India, donde su padre estaba destinado, cuando sólo tenía diez años, y el testimonio de las personas que se movían a su alrededor, en el presente y en el pasado, constituirán para Kincaid y su ayudante Gemma James el punto de partida de una laboriosa investigación que pondrá en evidencia los designios ocultoslas ambigüedades, las desalmadas ambiciones y también la bondad de unos seres humanos. Todos ellos podrían ser culpables, pero sólo uno será señalado por Kincaid.

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, emotionally fragile young woman who’s vanished without a trace.

And in an old, dark rambling London house, nine-year-old Harriet’s awful fears won’t be silenced – as she worries about her feuding parents, her schoolwork… and the strange woman who is her only companion in this scary, unfamiliar place.

Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid – lovers and former partners – have their own pressing concerns. But they must put aside private matters to investigate these disturbing cases. Yet neither Gemma nor Duncan realize how closely the cases are connected – or how important their resolutions will be for an abducted young child who is frightened, alone… and in serious peril.

Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive with her friend and neighbor, Detective Inspector Gemma James, about her past, except for one telling detail: She and her long-dead husband, David, came to London as refugees from Nazi Germany. But now the elderly woman needs Gemma's help. A unique piece of jewelry stolen from her years ago has mysteriously turned up at a prestigious London auction house. Erika believes the theft may be tied to her husband's death, which had always been assumed a suicide.

Gemma has a tough challenge. She must navigate the shadowy and secretive world of London 's monied society to discover the jewelry's connection to David's murderer. However, the cold case needs to be put back on the books and possibly into the hands of her partner, Duncan Kincaid. When a second, present-day murder kicks the investigation into high gear, Gemma becomes more determined to exact justice for Erika – in a case that will have lasting repercussions.

The life of Scotland Yard's Gemma James is changing in major ways-she's just been promoted to Inspector, she's pregnant, and she and her young son are about to move into spacious new digs with her lover, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid. Then the beautiful young wife of a Portobello Road antiques dealer is murdered in the driveway of her Notting Hill home and the case lands in Gemma's disappearing lap. Dawn Arrowood, as Gemma soon discovers, was pregnant when she died, most likely by Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in Portobello Market whose disappearance after the murder makes him a prime suspect. But Gemma rules him out as the killer, focusing her investigation on Karl Arrowood, the dead woman's husband. When Karl is murdered, she's stymied, but then Kincaid's investigation into what may be a serial killer turns up a bizarre connection to Gemma's case and a link to Karl Arrowood's sideline as a drug smuggler. As usual, Crombie handles a complicated plot with style, providing enough twists and turns to hold the reader's attention while driving the narrative to a stunning conclusion.

Superintendent Duncan Kincaid digs deep into a friend's past – all the way back to her childhood in India – to find a clue to her murder.