Cette série de mystère captivante plonge les lecteurs au cœur de Londres, suivant les enquêtes du Superintendant Duncan Kincaid et de la Sergente Gemma James. Tout en naviguant dans les complexités des affaires criminelles, leurs vies personnelles et leur relation évolutive ajoutent une riche dimension au drame procédural. Les histoires mélangent habilement des intrigues complexes avec un développement de personnages approfondi, offrant un aperçu captivant du crime et de la condition humaine. C'est une lecture incontournable pour les amateurs de procédures policières intelligentes et centrées sur les personnages.
Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid of Scotland Yard, to a startling conclusion: Jasmine Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already so fragile and doomed? As Kincaid and his capable and appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman's strange history, a troubling puzzle begins to take shape -- a bizarre amalgam of good and evil, of charity and crime . . . and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts.
The third in the Duncan Kincaid mystery series. Superintendent Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are summoned from Scotland Yard to investigate the drowning of a man. Twenty years earlier, the man's brother had drowned in mysterious circumstances. Could it be that the murderer is one of the family?
Duncan Kincaid de Scotland Yard et son adjointe Gemma James enquêtent sur la mort d'un haut gradé britannique retrouvé la tête fracassée à coups de marteau dans sa cuisine.
After twelve years, the last person Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid expects to hear from is his ex-wife Victoria. But this is no social call. In her biographical research on troubled poet Lydia Brooke, Vic’s uncovered reasons to believe Lydia’s death five years ago was not suicide. Much to Kincaid’s surprise—and the unease of his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James—he finds he can’t refuse Vic’s request to look into the long-closed case. The police report raises questions, but not enough to reopen the investigation—until a second death occurs, this one clearly murder. Now Duncan and Gemma must sift through a tangle of relationships, secrets, and lies to find not just a killer, but a secret that will change their own lives forever.
Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James face their most haunting case yet when the past devastatingly intersects with the present....The call from Scotland Yard couldn't have come at a worse time for Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid. He has promised the weekend to Kit, the eleven-year-old son of his ex-wife. The son he never knew he fathered—who doesn't yet know Kincaid's true identity. But Duncan's best intentions are shattered by an investigation that draws him in and swiftly consumes him. It seems to begin with the discovery of the body of a beautiful young woman in an East London park. But Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James will discover that this case has long roots that reach far back into the past, and that resentments which should have been decades buried still have the power to hurt—and maybe even the capacity to kill.
Belle, ambitieuse, troublante : Annabelle William, riche héritière d'une compagnie d'importation de thé, inspirait des sentiments forts. La passion certainement, mais aussi la haine et la jalousie. En tout cas, son indéniable charme lui aura coûté la vie. Lorsque Duncan Kincaid, le superintendant de Scotland Yard et sa fidèle assistante Gemma James découvrent son corps glacé dans un parc de l'East End de Londres, ils ne soupçonnent pas que l'enquête sur ce cadavre exquis va les mener si loin. La charmante lady entretenait en effet le mystère, surtout auprès de ceux qu'elle aimait : son fiancé upper-class ; un musicien de rue qui l'a vue pour la dernière fois ; la sœur de son ex-mari qui cherche à se venger ; et même son propre père : la liste des suspects est donc longue. Cette sombre affaire puise ses racines dans un lointain passé et les ressentiments que Duncan et Gemma croyaient enterrés depuis longtemps n'ont rien perdu de leur pouvoir. A commencer par celui de tuer. Elégance et raffinement pour un roman noir de première classe : avec la rapidité et la passion d'une Patricia MacDonald, Deborah Crombie réussit un thriller haletant qui la propulse dans le cercle très fermé des grandes dames du suspense anglo-saxon.
La petite ville de Glastonbury, qui abrite une vieille abbaye où furent inhumés, selon la légende, Arthur et Guenièvre, est construite au pied d'une étrange colline, le Tor, siège de l'immémorial pouvoir des druides et objet de cultes ésotériques. Un soir, alors qu'il est en train de travailler, Jack Montfort, un jeune veuf, constate que sa main a tracé, contre sa volonté, des bribes de phrases en latin, dans une écriture qui n'est pas la sienne... Qui lui envoie de tels messages, et pourquoi ? Bientôt, des meurtres vont être commis. L'atmosphère de la cité devient de plus en plus lourde. Affolé, Jack appelle à l'aide son cousin Duncan Kincaid, commissaire à Scotland Yard, bien connu des lecteurs de Deborah Crombie. Accompagné de sa fidèle Gemma James, il va tenter d'élucider cette affaire. Une palpitante enquête, entre liturgie et magie.
Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return in another spellbinding novel of mysteries--one contemporary, one ancient--an investigation that will challenge them personally and professionally as no case ever has. From the award-winning author of the acclaimed Kissed a Sad Goodbye... A FINER END When Duncan Kincaid’s cousin Jack calls from Glastonbury to ask for his help on a rather unusual matter, Duncan welcomes the chance to spend a relaxing weekend outside of London with Gemma--but relaxation isn’t on the agenda. Glastonbury is revered as the site of an ancient abbey, the mythical burial place of King Arthur and Guinevere, and a source of strong druid power. Jack has no more than a passing interest in its history--until he comes across an extraordinary chronicle almost a thousand years old. The record reveals something terrible and bloody shattered the abbey’s peace long ago--knowledge that will spark violence that reaches into the present. Soon it is up to Duncan and Gemma to find the truth the local police cannot see. But no one envisions the peril that lies ahead--or that there is more at stake than they ever dreamed possible.
Dans ce nouveau roman de Deborah Crombie, Gemma James, inspecteur récemment promue, doit résoudre l'assassinat de Dawn, l'épouse d'un antiquaire. Alors qu'elle s'installe avec Duncan Kincaid, des liens avec une affaire non résolue émergent, soulevant la question d'un possible tueur en série.
Gemma James is adjusting to professional and personal changes that include her eagerly sought promotion to the rank of inspector - and a future now intricately entwined with Duncan Kincaid. But her new responsibilities are put to the test when she is placed in charge of a particularly brutal homicide: The lovely young wife of a wealthy antiques dealer has been found murdered on fashionable Notting Hill. Dawn Arrowood was six weeks pregnant. Her lover, Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in London's bustling Portobello Market, appears absolutely devastated by her death, but the main focus of Gemma's investigation is soon Karl Arrowood, who had the most powerful motive for killing his unfaithful wife. But this case sets off warning bells for Duncan: It's far too similar to an unsolved murder in which an antiques dealer was killed in precisely the same way. And when the escalating violence claims yet another victim, he and Gemma find themselves at increasing odds with each other - as two separate investigations become linked in the most startling of ways
Newly appointed Detective Inspector Gemma James has never thought to question her friend Hazel Cavendish about her past. So it is quite a shock when Gemma learns that their holiday retreat to a hotel in the Scottish Highlands is, in fact, Hazel's homecoming -- and that fellow 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 back his "Juliet." But when a sudden, brutal murder unleashes a slew of sinister secrets and long-seething hatreds, putting Hazel's life in peril, Gemma knows she will need help unraveling this very bloody knot -- and calls for the one man she trusts more than any other, Duncan Kincaid, to join her far from home ... and in harm's way.
Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Sergeant Gemma James, take their sons to picturesque Cheshire for their first family Christmas with Duncan's parents—a holiday both dreaded and anticipated. But not even the charming town of Nantwich and the dreaming canals can mask the tensions in Duncan's family, which are tragically heightened by the discovery of an infant's body hidden in the wall of an old dairy. As Duncan and Gemma help the police investigate the infant's death, another murder strikes closer to home, revealing that far from being idyllic, Duncan's childhood paradise holds dark and deadly secrets . . . secrets that threaten everything and everyone Duncan and Gemma hold most dear.
Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and new ideas, but the trendy galleries of Brick Lane disguise a seedy underside where unthinkable crimes bring terror to the innocent. Artist and young mother Sandra Gilles disappears without trace after leaving her three-year-old daughter, Charlotte, with a friend at the Columbia Road Flower Market. Her lawyer husband, Naz Malik, is devastated - but he's also the prime suspect in a murder investigation. When Naz vanishes shortly afterwards, Gemma James and her partner Superintendent Duncan Kincaid agree to work together again to solve the case before the murderer can get his hands on the real prize, Charlotte. But just as the case grows more dangerous, a personal issue threatens to throw Gemma and Duncan off the trail. In the end, it is up to them to stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.
Inspecteur en chef de la brigade criminelle de West London, Rebecca Meredith était aussi une championne d’aviron. Elle s’entrainait souvent la nuit sur la Tamise. Une noyade accidentelle parait peu probable et l’enquête menée par Duncan Kincaid se resserre vite autour de trois suspects : l’ancien mari de Rebecca, un membre de l’équipe de sauvetage qui a repêché le corps et un officier de police que Rebecca accusait de viol. Pressés par Scotland Yard de résoudre l’enquête sans compromettre la police, Gemma et Duncan se retrouvent au coeur d’un scandale qui pourrait leur coûter leur carrière et peut-être leur vie… Crombie livre ici un thriller glaçant et une exploration tourmentée de la culpabilité. Elle porte un regard intense sur les failles de la police britannique et les réalités de certains quartiers de Londres.
In the past . . . On a blisteringly hot August afternoon in Crystal Palace, once home to the tragically destroyed Great Exhibition, a solitary thirteen-year-old boy meets his next-door neighbor, a recently widowed young teacher hoping to make a new start in the tight-knit South London community. Drawn together by loneliness, the unlikely pair forms a deep connection that ends in a shattering act of betrayal. In the present . . . On a cold January morning in London, Detective Inspector Gemma James is back on the job now that her husband, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, is at home to care for their three-year-old foster daughter. Assigned to lead a Murder Investigation Team in South London, she's assisted by her trusted colleague, newly promoted Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot. Their first case: a crime scene at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace. The victim: a well-respected barrister, found naked, trussed, and apparently strangled. Is it an unsavory accident or murder? In either case, he was not alone, and Gemma's team must find his companion—a search that takes them into unexpected corners and forces them to contemplate unsettling truths about the weaknesses and passions that lead to murder. Ultimately, they will begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.
Set against the backdrop of a deadly bombing at St. Pancras International Station, superintendent Duncan Kincaid leads a new murder investigation team in Camden. Detective sergeant Melody Talbot, a key witness to the explosion, complicates the case as the victim was involved in a protest, with conflicting accounts about his intentions. As Kincaid delves deeper, he uncovers a web of unexpected connections, including the enigmatic disappearance of a bystander, challenging his understanding of the incident.
Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing—and deadly—complications for their own lives in this powerful mystery in the bestselling series. On a beautiful morning in mid-May, the body of a young woman is found in one of Notting Hill’s private gardens. To passersby, the pretty girl in the white dress looks as if she’s sleeping. But Reagan Keating has been murdered, and the lead detective, DI Kerry Boatman, turns to Gemma James for help. She and Gemma worked together on a previous investigation, and Gemma has a personal connection to the case: Reagan was the nanny of a child who attends the same dance studio as Toby, Gemma and Kincaid’s son. Gemma soon discovers that Reagan’s death is the second tragedy in this exclusive London park; a few months before, a young boy died in a tragic accident. But when still another of the garden residents meets a violent end, it becomes clear that there are more sinister forces at play. Boatman and Gemma must stop the killer before another innocent life is taken. While his wife is consumed with her new case, Kincaid finds himself plagued by disturbing questions about several previous—and seemingly unrelated—cases involving members of the force. If his suspicions are correct and the crimes are linked, are his family and friends in mortal danger as well? Kincaid’s hunch turns to certainty when a Metropolitan Police officer close to him is brutally attacked. There’s a traitor in the ranks, and now Kincaid wonders if he can trust anyone. As Gemma begins to see a solution to her case, she realizes she holds a child’s fate in her hands. Can she do the right thing? And can Kincaid rely on his friends, both inside and outside the Scotland Yard force, to stand beside him as he faces the deadliest challenge of his career?
Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his wife, Detective Inspector Gemma James, have been invited for a relaxing weekend in the tranquil Cotswolds, one of Britain's most beautiful and historic regions, famous for its rolling hills, sheep-strewn green meadows, golden cottages, and timeless villages that retain the spirit of old England. Duncan, Gemma, and their children are guests at Beck House, the country estate belonging to the family of Melody Talbot, Gemma's trusted detective sergeant. No ordinary farmers, the Talbots are wealthy and prominent with ties to Britain's most powerful and influential. A centerpiece of this glorious fall getaway is a posh charity luncheon catered by up-and-coming chef Viv Holland. After more than a decade in London, Viv has returned to her native Glouscestershire, making a name for herself with her innovative, mouthwatering use of the local bounty. Attended by several dozen of the area's well-to-do, as well as national food bloggers and restaurant critics, the event could make Viv a star. But a tragic car accident followed by a series of mysterious deaths could ruin her ascent. Each piece of information that surfaces makes it clear that the killer had a connection with Viv's pub-and perhaps with Beck House itself. Does the truth lie in the past? Or is it more immediate, woven into the tangled relationships and bitter resentments swirling among the staff at Beck House and at Viv's pub? Or is it even more personal, entwined with secrets hidden by Viv, her business partner Bea Abbot, and Viv's eleven-year-old daughter Grace? Further revelations rock the Talbots' estate and pull Duncan and Gemma and their colleagues into the investigation. With so much at stake both personally and professionally, especially for Melody Talbot, finding the killer becomes one of the team's most crucial cases
A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's vacation before it's begun. One of his new acquaintances at Followdale House is dead; another is a killer. Despite a distinct lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to ignore the heinous crime, impelling him to send for his enthusiastic young assistant, Sergeant Gemma James. But the stakes are raised dramatically when a second murder occurs, and Kincaid and James find themselves in a determined hunt for a fiendish felon who enjoys homicide a bit too much.
Das Hotel im Moor: Superintendent Duncan Kincaid bekommt es selbst während des Urlaubs mit einem Mordfall zu tun. Als im Pool seines Hotels ein Toter gefunden wird, beginnt er, die Gäste genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen... Alles wird gut: Als die schwerkranke Jasmine Dent stirbt, wundert sich niemand über ihren Tod. Nur Superintendent Duncan Kincaid und seine Assistentin Sergeant Gemma James zweifeln an dem Befund...
Zwei Romane in einem Band Von fremder Hand: In Glastonbury beginnt der Architekt Jack Montfort plötzlich, kryptische Botschaften in einer fremden Handschrift niederzuschreiben. Eine Gruppe von Freunden macht sich an die Entschlüsselung. Dann wird einer von ihnen ermordet. Welches gefährliche Geheimnis steckt hinter den Botschaften? Der Rache kaltes Schwert: Superintendent Kincaid und Inspector James bietet sich ein schreckliches Bild: Einer jungen Frau wurde nicht nur die Kehle durchtrennt, sondern auch eine Brust entfernt. Es gibt Ähnlichkeiten zu einem anderen Fall und einen Tatverdächtigen – doch auch dieser wird bald brutal ermordet ... Zwei Bestseller mit dem beliebten Ermittlergespann Superintendent Duncan Kincaid und Sergeant Gemma James.
"Das Hotel im Moor": Gerade hat es sich Superintendent Duncan Kincaid mit ein paar Büchern in einem abgelegenen Hotel gemütlich gemacht, da fischt man einen toten Angestellten aus dem Pool. Alles spricht dafür, dass der Mörder unter den Hotelgästen zu finden ist. Kincaid schaltet seine Mitarbeiterin Gemma Hames ein, die verblüffende Verbindungen zwischen dem Opfer und den Verdächtigen zutage fördert. Doch da geschieht ein zweiter Mord ... "Alles wird gut": Als die schwerkranke Jasmine Dent stirbt, wundert sich niemand über ihren Tod - bis auf Superintendent Duncan Kincaid. Er ordnet eine Obduktion an, die eine Überdosis Morphium als Todesursache ergibt. Selbstmord, Sterbehilfe oder gar Mord? Zusammen mit seiner Assistentin Sergeant Gemma James nimmt Kincaid die Ermittlungen auf und stößt schnell auf eine Reihe von Verdächtigen ...
