To Dwell In Darkness
Deborah Crombie
Morrow, Sep 23 2014, $25.99
ISBN: 9780062271600
Save London’s History operatives toss a smoke bomb in the historical
St. Pancras Station to disrupt a musical gala.
Instead of a harmless but frightening prank, the bomb injures a band
manager Tam Moran and burns an unknown to an unidentifiable crisp. Exiled to Camden, Detective Superintendent
Duncan Kincaid leads the investigation.
Evidence points to former cop Ryan Marsh who initially was thought to be
the victim.
At the same time, Duncan’s wife Detective Investigator Gemma James
believes electronics shop clerk Dillon Underwood raped and killed tweener Mercy
Johnson. However, she struggles to find
concrete evidence to put this deadly pedophile away before he harms or murders
some other child.
Meanwhile their children find a momma with a litter of four newborns
freezing in a locked shed. They struggle
with what to do with the five cats they rescued.
The sixteenth Kincaid- James British police procedural (see The
Sound Of Broken Glass, No Mark Upon Her and Necessary As Blood) is an engaging mystery
in which the married cops work separate cases while the kids add a personal
touch to the mix. Kincaid’s bombing
inquiry is the stronger case as Deborah Crombie weaves history and architect into the investigation
carried out by the DS and familiar officers. James’ probe is well written but not as
thrilling.
Harriet Klausner
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