Now May You Weep: 9 (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels) - Softcover

Crombie, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062308335 ISBN 13: 9780062308337

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2014

Synopsis

A lethal crime of passion darkens the mists of Scotland's legendary Highlands

Newly appointed Detective Inspector Gemma James has never questioned her friend Hazel Cavendish about her past. So it is quite a shock when Gemma learns that their holiday retreat to the Scottish Highlands is, in fact, Hazel's homecoming--and that fellow hotel guest Donald Brodie was once Hazel's lover, despite a vicious, long-standing feud between their rival fine-whiskey-distilling families. And the fires of a fierce and passionate affair may not have burned out completely--on Brodie's part, at least, since he's prepared to destroy Hazel's marriage to win her back.

But when a sudden, brutal murder unleashes a slew of dark secrets and long- seething hatreds, putting Hazel's life in peril, Gemma knows she will need help unraveling this very bloody knot--and calls on the one man she trusts more than any other, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to join her far from home . . . and in harm's way.

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Review:

When an old friend and former housemate invites Detective Inspector Gemma James to her ancestral home in Scotland for a weekend, James stumbles over a corpse and uncovers a mystery that reaches back over a century to a feud between two rival Highland clans who also happen to produce some of the world's finest Scotch whisky. There's a lot Gemma doesn't know about Hazel Cavendish, despite the years they lived together. For instance, the dead man was Hazel's lover and she's the heiress to two distilleries.

In this ninth book of the series, James's lover Detective Inspector Duncan Kincaid has the lesser role, but he manages to make his presence felt, personally if not professionally, in a subplot involving his runaway teenage son. Meanwhile, Gemma, determined to clear her friend of murder charges, makes it her business to learn who killed Donald Brodie and why. Crombie makes the craggy Highland countryside so present you can practically smell the heather, and the slight hint of magical realism that's been creeping into this series seems quite appropriate in such a mist-shrouded setting. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com

Review:

"Crombie has mastered the genre of Agatha Christie."--Commonwealth Journal

Praise for Leave the Grave Green.".. tidily plotted and neatly written... The genuine article."--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Leave the Grave Green..". tidily plotted and neatly written... The genuine article."--Kirkus Reviews

Crombie has mastered the genre of Agatha Christie. --Commonwealth Journal"

Praise for Leave the Grave Green ... tidily plotted and neatly written... The genuine article. --Kirkus Reviews"

Praise for Leave the Grave Green ..". tidily plotted and neatly written... The genuine article."--Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062308335
• ISBN 13: 9780062308337
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416