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Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Series

19 primary works • 24 total works
Duncan Kincaid, a Scotland Yard superintendent, and Gemma James, a sergeant, in London, England:

Book 1

A Share in Death
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3.73 · 21135 Ratings · 1649 Reviews · published 1993 · 47 editions
A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-sha…

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    Book 2

    All Shall Be Well
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    3.93     · 12656 Ratings · 744 Reviews · published 1994 · 44 editions
    Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in…

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    Book 3

    Leave the Grave Green
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    3.94     · 10404 Ratings · 599 Reviews · published 1995 · 43 editions
    When Connor Swann, the dissolute son-in-law of ren…

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    Book 4

    Mourn Not Your Dead
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    4.06     · 9368 Ratings · 512 Reviews · published 1996 · 34 editions

    An important and powerful policeman has been murd…

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    Book 5

    Dreaming of the Bones
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    4.09     · 11120 Ratings · 646 Reviews · published 1997 · 42 editions
    "Deborah Crombie might be the most British of Amer…

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    Book 6

    Kissed a Sad Goodbye
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    4.05     · 7580 Ratings · 486 Reviews · published 1999 · 20 editions
    Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James fac…

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    Book 7

    A Finer End
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    3.91     · 7207 Ratings · 542 Reviews · published 2001 · 16 editions
    Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kinc…

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    Book 8

    And Justice There Is None
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    4.11     · 9311 Ratings · 478 Reviews · published 2002 · 15 editions
    Award-winning author Deborah Crombie has elevated …

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    Book 9

    Now May You Weep
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    4.03     · 6944 Ratings · 447 Reviews · published 2003 · 25 editions
    When Detective Inspector Gemma James is persuaded …

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    Book 10

    In a Dark House
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    4.12     · 8155 Ratings · 471 Reviews · published 2004 · 27 editions
    An abandoned Southwark warehouse burns next door t…

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    Book 11

    Water Like a Stone
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    4.18     · 7520 Ratings · 457 Reviews · published 2007 · 37 editions

    Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his p…

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    Book 12

    Where Memories Lie
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    4.23     · 8850 Ratings · 509 Reviews · published 2008 · 17 editions

    Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive with he…

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    Book 13

    Necessary as Blood
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    4.19     · 9163 Ratings · 523 Reviews · published 2009 · 5 editions
    Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East E…

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    Book 13.5

    Nocturne
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    3.89     · 455 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    An original short story by bestselling author Debo…

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    Book 14

    No Mark Upon Her
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    4.16     · 10321 Ratings · 763 Reviews · published 2011 · 2 editions
    New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie …

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    Book 15

    The Sound of Broken Glass
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    4.12     · 9405 Ratings · 738 Reviews · published 2013 · 21 editions
    In the past . . .
    On a blisteringly hot August afte…

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    Book 16

    To Dwell in Darkness
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    4.16     · 7098 Ratings · 641 Reviews · published 2014 · 15 editions
    In the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny…

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    Book 17

    Garden of Lamentations
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    4.08     · 6869 Ratings · 783 Reviews · published 2017 · 13 editions
    Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma …

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    Book 18

    A Bitter Feast
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    4.14     · 7477 Ratings · 839 Reviews · published 2019 · 19 editions
    Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kinc…

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    Book 19

    A Killing of Innocents
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    4.24     · 6260 Ratings · 629 Reviews · published 2023 · 13 editions
    New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns …

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    Book 1-2

    Das Hotel im Moor / Alles wird gut
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    3.85     · 52 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1996 · 5 editions
    Das Hotel im Duncan Kincaid bekommt es selbst währ…

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    Book 3-4

    Und ruhe in Frieden / Kein Grund zur Trauer
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    4.00     · 28 Ratings · published 2001 · 5 editions

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    Book 7-8

    Von fremder Hand / Der Rache kaltes Schwert
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    3.61     · 18 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2009 · 1 edition

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    Book 3, 10

    Leave the Grave Green / In a Dark House
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    4.18     · 440 Ratings · 13 Reviews · 1 edition

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