Where Memories Lie
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4.5 • 138 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
“Chilling and humane….Skillful and subtle….A deeply moving novel that transcends genre.”
—Richmond Times Dispatch
A sinister mystery that leads all the way back to the Holocaust ensnares Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James in Where Memories Lie from award-winning “masterful novelist” (Denver Post) Deborah Crombie. A writer in the same elite class as Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, and Anne Perry, Crombie mesmerizes with a story at once gripping and poignant that explores the dark places in the human heart, and the shadowy corners Where Memories Lie.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When a diamond brooch stolen decades ago turns up for sale at an upscale London auction house, the brooch's owner, Dr. Erika Rosenthal, a retired academic who escaped Nazi Germany with her philosopher husband, David, during WWII, turns for help to her friend Insp. Gemma James in Crombie's lively 12th mystery to feature Gemma and Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid (after 2007's Water Like a Stone). The suspicious hit-and-run death of Kristin Cahill, a young clerk involved in the brooch's sale, is but the first in a series of fatalities to befall people connected to the auction. Crombie raises the suspense by alternating the contemporary story, which includes news of Gemma's mother's battle against cancer, with flashbacks to the investigation of David's unsolved murder in 1952 while he was working on an expos about Nazi sympathizers. With its echoes of Elizabeth George and even Danielle Steel, this entry will appeal as much to newcomers as to series fans. 7-city author tour.
Customer Reviews
From the past to the present
I really like these characters. I look forward to seeing their future play out. This was an interesting story following a gorgeous piece of jewelry as it leaves Germany with a beloved daughter and ends up a centerpiece in several murders.
One of the best!
This recent addition to Deborah Crombie's stellar series with Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid mixes mystery with history, passion, loss, hope, friendship and a myriad of other human emotions. I was riveted during the last half of the story. More please!