Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels Necessary as Blood, Book 13, (Paperback)

from DeaconBernie

Entertaining and a quick read. It is the sort of police story that I usually don't like: one where the bad actor does not even appear until over 90% of the book has been read. Nevertheless, Ms. Crombie's characters are quite believeable and when she springs something violent, you aren't expecting...

from wdwilson3

For those that haven't read her, Deborah Crombie writes mysteries featuring a pair of London police detectives, Duncan Kincaid and Gemma Jones. "Necessary As Blood" is the thirteenth in the series, and is set exclusively in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts of London. I'd describe her bo...

from DeaconBernie

Entertaining and a quick read. It is the sort of police story that I usually don't like: one where the bad actor does not even appear until over 90% of the book has been read. Nevertheless, Ms. Crombie's characters are quite believeable and when she springs something violent, you aren't expecting...

from elfchild

I was strongly reminded of Elizabeth George's Inspector Linley novels as I read Deborah Crombie's Necessary as Blood. Since I have not read her work previously, I felt as though I didn't know the characters as well as I should have - clearly things have been going on in their lives,but the necess...

from Romonko

I am a long-time fan of the Gemma James/Duncan Kincaid series, and it's been awhile sinde the last book came out. I was really looking forward to reading this book and it sure didn't disappoint. In the book we see Gemma's and Duncan's relationship progressing. They are also brought into a missing...