And Justice There Is None
by Deborah Crombie
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Author: Deborah CrombieEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-03
ISBN: 0553579304
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of And Justice There Is None
Book Review: well thought out, well told
Summary: 5 Stars
Back on track! I admit that I was a little let down by A Finer End, feeling that the supernatural components of the novel just didn't fit well into the framework of a Kincaid/James novel. Picking up shortly after that, And Justice There is None exhibits a true return to form for Crombie and her wonderful copper duo, featuring a colorful cast of characters, great dialogue, a twisty plot and a years old back story that all serve as well thought out pieces in a great puzzle.
I've noticed yet another trend in the Crombie books over the past few novels. In addition to being about darker subject matters, they also seem to be telling a story within a story. Not only are we treated to the current ongoing investigations of Duncan and Gemma--which in this case involves the recent murder of a successful if not shady antiquities dealer that just so happens to bear eerie similarity to an unsolved vase of Duncan's from several months back--but we're offered pieces of a back story featuring a character that we only know as Angel. Angel's story is just as interesting as the main current time plot. As with all Crombie novels, there's meaning in everything and over time, the 30+ year old story of tragedy that is Angel's tale weaves snugly and intriguingly into the on going investigation.
This book also has more focus on the now pregnant Inspector Gemma James. Previous novels were either more about Duncan or more about the two of them, but now that they're no longer working together and are ready to have child together, we're offered alot of page time towards the furthering of Gemma's character. How she's dealing with no longer working with Kincaid....how she's dealing with the new responsibilities of her job....how she's dealing with all of THAT in addition to try to make sense out of her newly chaotic home life: new house, new baby, the melding of two families as the two look to move in together.
Just great great stuff. This is Crombie at the top of her game.
Summary of And Justice There Is None
Award-winning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human drama and multilayered suspense with her critically acclaimed tales of intrigue featuring Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James. 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.And Justice There is None
Gemma James is adjusting to professional and personal changes that include her eagerly sought promotion to the rank of inspector--and a future now intricately entwined with Duncan Kincaid. But her new responsibilities are put to the test when she is placed in charge of a particularly brutal homicide: The lovely young wife of a wealthy antiques dealer has been found murdered on fashionable Notting Hill.
Dawn Arrowood was six weeks pregnant. Her lover, Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in London?s bustling Portobello Market, appears absolutely devastated by her death, but Gemma?s the main focus of investigation is soon Karl Arrowood, who had the most powerful motive for killing his unfaithful wife. But this case sets off warning bells for Duncan: it?s far too similar to an unsolved murder in which an antiques dealer was killed in precisely the same way and when the escalating violence claims yet another victim, he and Gemma find themselves at increasing odds with each other--as two separate investigations become linked in the most startling of ways. Their hunt for a killer will traverse the teeming stalls of the city?s antiques markets to a decades-in-the-making vendetta of history and hatred that has been honed to a flawless, deadly point. To solve this case, Gemma and Duncan must walk a merciless razor?s edge through a place where true justice will be a long time coming.
From the Hardcover edition.
The life of Scotland Yard's Gemma James is changing in major ways--she's just been promoted to Inspector, she's pregnant, and she and her young son are about to move into spacious new digs with her lover, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid. Then the beautiful young wife of a Portobello Road antiques dealer is murdered in the driveway of her Notting Hill home and the case lands in Gemma's disappearing lap. Dawn Arrowood, as Gemma soon discovers, was pregnant when she died, most likely by Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in Portobello Market whose disappearance after the murder makes him a prime suspect. But Gemma rules him out as the killer, focusing her investigation on Karl Arrowood, the dead woman's husband. When Karl is murdered, she's stymied, but then Kincaid's investigation into what may be a serial killer turns up a bizarre connection to Gemma's case and a link to Karl Arrowood's sideline as a drug smuggler. As usual, Crombie handles a complicated plot with style, providing enough twists and turns to hold the reader's attention while driving the narrative to a stunning conclusion. --Jane Adams
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