Water Like a Stone - Hardcover

Crombie, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405090545 ISBN 13: 9781405090544

Publisher: Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

When Superintendant Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit and Toby to visit his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich town's pretty buildings and the historic winding canal, and young Kit is instantly smitten with his cousin Lally.

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; a tragedy hauntingly echoed by the recent drowning of Peter Llewellyn, a schoolmate of Lally's.

Meanwhile, on her narrowboat, former social worker Annie Lebow is living a life of self-imposed isolation, preparing for a lonely Christmas, made more disturbing by an unexpected meeting earlier in the day.

As the police make enquiries into the infant’s death, Kincaid discovers that life in the lovely town of his childhood is far from idyllic, and that the dreaming reaches of the Shropshire Union Canal hold dark and deadly secrets . . .

About this title

Book Description:

In lonely places the most terrible crimes can go unseen . . .

About the Author:

Deborah Crombie was born and educated in Texas. After living in both England and Scotland, she wrote her first Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James novel. She has since been nominated for the Agatha, Macavity and Edgar Awards and is published across the world. Deborah lives with her family in a small North Texas town and frequently visits the UK. Water Like a Stone is her eleventh novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405090545
• ISBN 13: 9781405090544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528