Deborah Crombie Duncan Kincaid And Gemma James Series Books In Order

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Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Books In Order

Deborah Crombie’s mystery series revolves around the investigations of Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. Each book is a gripping blend of traditional British mystery and police procedural that is filled with psychological suspense, fabulously plotted mysteries, and lively characters.

Superintendent Duncan Kincaid is a perceptive detective who is charming, witty, and treats people with kindness. Sgt. Gemma James is younger than her cohort and is a pragmatic single mother from north London. Their personal relationships with each other, with their family, and with co-workers become an important part of the world Crombie creates in London, a city she knows well and thoroughly researches for her books.

Fans frequently describe Crombie’s series as “a fun read” with engaging whodunnits and they enjoy learning about London and its history. They also can’t wait to revisit Duncan and Gemma, characters that they care more deeply about with each book.

As Duncan and Gemma’s bond is a central part of the series, readers strongly recommend reading the books in order to fully enjoy the development of the characters.

1. A Share in Death

Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Duncan Kincaid vacations incognito at a time-share house in the north of England, but must assume his true identity again when a new acquaintance is found murdered in the hotel’s whirlpool.

2. All Shall Be Well

Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide, but small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid of Scotland Yard, to a startling conclusion

3. Leave the Grave Green

When Connor Swann, the dissolute son-in-law of renowned and influential Sir Gerald and Dame Caroline Asherton, is found floating in a Thames River lock, the circumstances eerily recall a strangely similar tragedy.

4. Mourn Not Your Dead

A powerful policeman is found brutally murdered in his kitchen just outside of London and Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are called in to solve the most troubling case either of them has ever encountered.

5. Dreaming of the Bones

It is the call Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid never expected — and one he certainly doesn’t want.

6. Kissed a Sad Goodbye

Scotland Yard’s Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James face their most haunting case yet when the past devastatingly intersects with the present….

7. A Finer End

Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return in another spellbinding novel of mysteries–one contemporary, one ancient–an investigation that will challenge them personally and professionally as no case ever has.

8. And Justice There Is None

In their latest outing, Kincaid and his former partner–and soon-to-be roommate–follow a twisting trail of rage and retribution whose buried roots are about to exact a deadly toll on the living.

9. Now May You Weep

A lethal crime of passion darkens the mists of Scotland’s legendary Highlands.

10. In a Dark House

An abandoned Southwark warehouse burns next door to a women’s shelter for victims of spousal abuse. Within it lies the charred corpse of a female body burned beyond all recognition….

11. Water Like a Stone

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.

12. Where Memories Lie

Hidden somewhere in the shadowy, exclusive world of London’s monied society are answers to these questions, and to a shocking new murder—one that kicks the enquiries into high gear and brings Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, Gemma’s partner and colleague, into the case.

13. Necessary as Blood

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in mid May, a young mother, Sandra Gilles, leaves her three-year-old daughter with a friend at the Columbia Road Flower Market, then vanishes.

14. No Mark Upon Her

A brilliantly conceived and executed, deeply atmospheric mystery, No Mark Upon Her embroils Kincaid and James in the case of the puzzling drowning of a rower, a Met detective, on the Thames.

15. The Sound of Broken Glass

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in The Sound of Broken Glass, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past with a powerful danger in the present.

16. To Dwell in Darkness

Recently transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard headquarters, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new murder investigation team are called to a deadly bombing at historic St. Pancras Station.

17. Garden of Lamentations

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing—and deadly—complications for their own lives in this powerful mystery in the bestselling series.

18. A Bitter Feast

Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his wife, Detective Inspector Gemma James, have been invited for a relaxing weekend in the Cotswolds, one of Britain’s most enchanting regions, famous for its rolling hills, golden cottages, and picturesque villages.

19. A Killing of Innocents

On a rainy November evening, trainee doctor Sasha Johnson hurries through the evening crowd in London’s historic Russell Square. Out of the darkness, someone jostles her as they brush past. A moment later, Sasha stumbles, then collapses….