Narrator: Michael Deehey
Format: audio- 6 discs, +/- 7 hrs
Characters: Duncan Kincaid, Gemma James
Subject: murder mystery
Setting: Yorkshire England early 2000's
Series: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James #1
Genre: police procedural
Source: public library
Here's a great way to ring out the old year, and look forward to the new. This is the first book in a series. I'm going to want to read every one of them. A great british police procedural. In this first episode we meet Duncan Kincaid, of New Scotland yard, recently promoted to Superintendent detective. Kincaid is vacationing in Yorkshire when he becomes embroiled in a series of murders and attempted murders. Crombie gives us many suspects, good motivation, a well developed plot, a great sense of place, and doesn't give us enough to solve the mystery until quite near the end.
We also meet, very slightly, Gemma James, Kincaid's detective sergeant who is still back in London holding down the fort while Kincaid tries to avoid the wrath of the local police force who resent NSY's nosing in.
It's a great beginning story, and promises lots more. I've read another so I know they get even better. I can't wait to have another helping.
Too bad I couldn't wait until January 1 to count them in 2010 challenges, but there'll be plenty more where these came from.
Challenges: Audio books, Thrillers, Typically British, Support your Library
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