Kissed a Sad Goodbye - (Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James) by Deborah Crombie (Paperback)

About the Book

When the past ruthlessly intersects with the present, Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are not immune to the consequences. When the body of a young woman is found in an East London park, Kincaid and James discover this case has roots in the past, and resentments that should have been buried decades ago still have the power to hurt -- and to kill.

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"Atmospheric ... absorbing ... haunting."
-- The Washington Post Book World

"[Crombie] is writing in P.D. James territory, and she is a master."
-- Associated Press

"Crombie never stumbles as she maneuvers her way through her complicated plot as skillfully as she handles the ongoing romance between her two detectives. The result is an Anglophile's delight."
-- The Sunday Denver Post

"Deborah Crombie is an American mystery novelist who writes so vividly about England, she might have been born within the sound of Bow bells. [She] gets better with each book ... lyrical, biting, and evocative."
-- The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

Also by Deborah Crombie:
Dreaming of the Bones

And coming soon in hardcover from Bantam Books:
A Finer End

About the Author

Deborah Crombie's five previous Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels have been nominated for the Agatha, Macavity, and Edgar Awards. She lives with her family in a small North Texas town, where she is at work on the next book in the series.