Dreaming of the Bones - Softcover
After twelve years, the last person Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid expects to hear from is his ex-wife Victoria. But this is no social call. In her biographical research on troubled poet Lydia Brooke, Vic's uncovered reasons to believe Lydia's death five years ago was not suicide.
Much to Kincaid's surprise--and the unease of his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James--he finds he can't refuse Vic's request to look into the long-closed case. The police report raises questions, but not enough to reopen the investigation--until a second death occurs, this one clearly murder.
Now Duncan and Gemma must sift through a tangle of relationships, secrets, and lies to find not just a killer, but a secret which will change their own lives forever.
Much to Kincaid's surprise--and the unease of his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James--he finds he can't refuse Vic's request to look into the long-closed case. The police report raises questions, but not enough to reopen the investigation--until a second death occurs, this one clearly murder.
Now Duncan and Gemma must sift through a tangle of relationships, secrets, and lies to find not just a killer, but a secret which will change their own lives forever.
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"Deborah Crombie might be the most British of American mystery novelists," said an astute reviewer in reference to Mourn Not Your Dead, the fourth book in her excellent series about Duncan Kincaid, an inoffensively upper-class Scotland Yard superintendent, and Sergeant Gemma James, his rougher-edged partner and lover. In addition to her finely tuned ear for the subtler nuances of Britspeak, Crombie--a resident of Richardson, Texas--achieves a rare and therefore enviable balance between the details of her characters' private lives and the plot of each particular book. That delicate balance is especially welcome in Dreaming of the Bones, when Kincaid's former wife, Dr. Victoria McClellan, threatens his personal and professional equanimity. A Cambridge don, Vic has been writing a biography of poet Lydia Brooke, who claimed kinship to the distinguished World War I bard Rupert Brooke, and whose suicide five years before is now beginning to appear suspiciously like murder.
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"Fascinating...Multilayered."
--The New York Times Book Review
--The New York Times Book Review
"A story of death, obsession and secrets."
--Houston Chronicle
"An elegant, literary mystery...outstanding."
--Mystery Lovers Bookshop News
"Deborah Crombie at her best...This is a story of great depth and understanding."
--Mystery News
"Dreaming of the Bones will make you cry and catch your breath in surprise."
--Chicago Tribune
"Poignant."
--The Orlando Sentinel
"Haunting...The best book in an already accomplished series."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Nominated for the Edgar and the Agatha awards for The Year's Best Novel
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- PublisherBantam
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0553579312
- ISBN 13 9780553579314
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages416
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