Now May You Weep - Hardcover

Crombie, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405034408 ISBN 13: 9781405034401

Publisher: Macmillan, 2004

Synopsis

When Detective Inspector Gemma James is persuaded by her friend, Hazel, to take a trip to the Scottish Highlands, land of mists and fine whiskey, she jumps at the chance. But Gemma soon learns that Hazel has ulterior motives, and that her friend has concealed more than one dangerous secret. At their remote B&B near the River Spey, Hazel encounters her former lover, Donald Brodie, now the owner of a well known local distillery. Their relationship had ended abruptly years before, when they had been driven apart by their parents. Now he is determined to win her back. But the lovers' reunion yields shocking - and mortal - consequences. Gemma soon discovers that, in this tight-knit community, there is no shortage of suspects and that, beneath the hospitable surface, there lurks a hundred years of bitter family rivalry waiting to emerge. Suddenly all too aware of the distance between her and Kincaid, Gemma must come to terms with what she has learned about the friend she thought she knew. And, with or without Duncan's help, she must use all her skills to uncover the truth behind the tragedy, before Hazel herself is convicted of murder . . .

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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: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405034408
• ISBN 13: 9781405034401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448