Keď sa Gemma Jamesová rozhodne stráviť víkend s priateľkou Hazel na škótskej Vysočine, ani netuší, že majiteľom miestneho liehovaru je Hazelin bývalý snúbenec. Ale stará láska nehrdzavie a liehovarník Donald Brodie je za každú cenu odhodlaný získať, o čo ho kedysi obrala rodová nenávisť. Nečakaná brutálna vražda neodhalí len zlovestné tajomstvá a staré nevraživosti, ale vystaví nebezpečenstvu ďalšie ľudské životy. Gemma sa aj tentoraz môže spoľahnúť iba na jedného človeka – na inšpektora Duncana Kincaida, ktorému stopercentne dôveruje.
Deborah Crombie Knihy
Deborah Crombie je autorkou sedemnástich románov s detektívmi Scotland Yardu Duncanom Kincaidom a Gemmou Jamesovou. Crombie žije v McKinney v Texase so svojím manželom, dvoma nemeckými ovčiakmi a dvoma mačkami. Často cestuje do Británie, aby si naštudovala svoje knihy.







Najhlúpejšie zákony sveta
- 143 stránok
- 6 hodin čítania
Zbierka najsmiešnejších zákonov z rôznych miest, štátov a krajín obsahuje nariadenia, ktoré už dávno stratili svoje opodstatnenie a preto nás rozosmievajú svojím anachronizmom a komickosťou.
The Sound of Broken Glass
- 384 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past with a powerful danger in the present. When Detective Inspector James joins forces with Detective Inspector Melody Talbot to solve the murder of an esteemed barrister, their investigation leads them to realize that nothing is what it seems—with the crime they’re investigating and their own lives. With an abundance of twists and turns and intertwining subplots, The Sound of Broken Glass by New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie is an elaborate and engaging page-turner.
Where Memories Lie
- 304 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
“Chilling and humane….Skillful and subtle….A deeply moving novel that transcends genre.” — Richmond Times Dispatch A sinister mystery that leads all the way back to the Holocaust ensnares Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James in Where Memories Lie from award-winning “masterful novelist” ( Denver Post ) Deborah Crombie. A writer in the same elite class as Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, and Anne Perry, Crombie mesmerizes with a story at once gripping and poignant that explores the dark places in the human heart, and the shadowy corners Where Memories Lie.
When Superintendant Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit and Toby to visit his family in Cheshire, they are all soon entranced with Nantwich town's pretty buildings. But their visit is marred when, on Christmas Eve, Duncan's sister discovers a mummified infant's body interred in the wall of an old dairy barn.
No mark upon her
- 400 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Olympic rowing hopeful and senior Metropolitan Police officer DCI Rebecca Meredith goes out alone to train on the river in Henley on a dark afternoon in late October and doesn't return. When a desperate search by the police and a K9 team reveals the possibility of foul play, Scotland Yard wants one of their own on the case. Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, returning from celebrating his marriage to long-time partner Detective Inspector Gemma James, is called to Henley to investigate. He soon finds that the world of elite rowing can be brutal, and that Rebecca Meredith's ex-husband was not the only person with good reason for wanting her dead. Then, when a search-and-rescue team member is threatened, Kincaid realizes the case may be even more complex and more dangerous than he believed. But it is only when he enlists Gemma's aid that they find that the answers lie closer to home than they could have imagined and are infinitely more deadly. It seems that more than one innocent life depends on their ability to track down the killer
Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and the avant-garde, 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 disguise a violent and seedy underside. Sandra Gilles, a young mother, leaves her daughter with a friend and then disappears on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in May. Shortly thereafter, her husband, a Pakistani lawyer, is killed. Scotland Yard detective Gemma James happens upon the scene—and soon she and Duncan Kincaid, her life partner and colleague, are on the trail of a murderer. But the investigation grows darker and more dangerous at every turned corner, and the true prize must be protected at all costs: a beautiful, orphaned little girl, not yet three, whose life now hangs in the balance.
Leave the Grave Green
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
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?
Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid investigates two murders in an effort to uncover a killer who will do anything to keep a four decade old secret quiet
Gemma James is adjusting to professional and personal changes that include her eagerly sought promotion to the rank of inspector - 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. Dawn Arrowood was six weeks pregnant. Her lover, Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in London's bustling Portobello Market, appears absolutely devastated by her death, but the main focus of Gemma's investigation is soon 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. And when the escalating violence claims yet another victim, he and Gemma find themselves at increasing odds with each other - as two separate investigations become linked in the most startling of ways



