The Sound of Broken Glass

Zusatztext "An intriguing! atmospheric London murder mystery set in both the past and the present." Informationen zum Autor Deborah Crombie is a native Texan who has lived in both England and Scotland. She now lives in McKinney, Texas, sharing a house that is more than one hundred years old with her husband, two cats, and two German shepherds. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass ! a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past with a powerful danger in the present. When Detective Inspector James joins forces with Detective Inspector Melody Talbot to solve the murder of an esteemed barrister! their investigation leads them to realize that nothing is what it seems—with the crime they’re investigating and their own lives. With an abundance of twists and turns and intertwining subplots! The Sound of Broken Glass by New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie is an elaborate and engaging page-turner. ...

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Crombie
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2013
• EAN: 9780061990632
• ISBN: 978-0-06-199063-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels; Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Romantic suspense, Relating to early adulthood, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, Modern and Contemporary romance