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Necessary as blood

The disappearance of a young mother, the murder of her Pakistani husband, and a child's life in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End--a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide--to sol...

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Main Author: Crombie, Deborah.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : William Morrow & Co., 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James ; 13.
Subjects:
James, Gemma > (Fictitious character from Crombie) > Fiction.
Kincaid, Duncan > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > England > Fiction.
Detectives > England > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Summary: The disappearance of a young mother, the murder of her Pakistani husband, and a child's life in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End--a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide--to solve one of the most challenging and disturbing cases they've ever faced.
Physical Description: 378 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780061287534
0061287539
Author Notes: Deborah Crombie was born in Dallas, Texas on June 6, 1952. She received a degree in biology from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in advertising, as a journalist, and as a manufacturer's representative for theatre concessions. Her first book, A Share in Death, also became the first book in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novel series. She won the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel for Dreaming of the Bones in 1997 and the Macavity Award for Best Novel for Where Memories Lie in 2009. In 2014 her title, To Dwell in Darkness, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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