Water Like a Stone - (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels) by Deborah Crombie (Paperback)

About the Book

Duncan Kincaid and Gemma Jamess idyllic holiday is interrupted by murder. As the detectives are drawn deeper, they find that the past never truly dies--and not even Kincaids family is safe from harm.

From the Back Cover

Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner, Sergeant Gemma James, take their sons to picturesque Cheshire for their first family Christmas with Duncan's parents--a holiday both dreaded and anticipated. But not even the charming town of Nantwich and the dreaming canals can mask the tensions in Duncan's family, which are tragically heightened by the discovery of an infant's body hidden in the wall of an old dairy.

As Duncan and Gemma help the police investigate the infant's death, another murder strikes closer to home, revealing that far from being idyllic, Duncan's childhood paradise holds dark and deadly secrets . . . secrets that threaten everything and everyone Duncan and Gemma hold most dear.

Review Quotes

Like a finely tuned Jaguar XJS, Deborah Crombie's Scotland Yard mysteries have provided classy, reliable thrills." - Texas Monthly
"Crombie keeps this series on its toes with her smooth procedural techniques and engagingly eccentric characters." - New York Times Book Review
"[She] gets better with each book . . . lyrical, biting, and evocative." - Cleveland Plain Dealer