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All Shall Be Well
The Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James Novels (Book 2)
- Author
- Deborah Crombie
- Narrator
- Michael Deehy
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2005
- Run Time
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep—at last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to a startling conclusion: Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already doomed?
As Kincaid and his appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman's strange history, a troubling puzzle emerges: a bizarre amalgam of charity and crime—and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts.
Critics Review
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“Though part of a series, this mystery is a superb stand-alone novel…Suspense and careful sleuthing form the quintessential whodunit and provide nonstop entertainment.”
RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
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“Written with compassion, clarity, wit and precision, this graceful mystery amply fulfills the promise of Crombie’s debut novel…The clues finally click into place and reveal the culprit.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Respects all the conventions of the police procedural subgenre but still manages to seem fresh and lively…This is an extremely satisfying procedural with good plotting and excellent characterizations.”
Booklist
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“[It’s the] firm portraits of even minor characters that make this linger in the memory.”
Kirkus Reviews
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“Michael Deehy’s solemn voice provides a courtly eloquence to Deborah Crombie’s moody police procedural…His performance gives multiple dimensions to each of the possible suspects…[and] allows Crombie’s subtle clues to reveal themselves in ordinary, completely human ways. He is nicely understated as Duncan and Gemma’s connection deepens and the mystery slowly unfolds.”
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Details
- Author
- Deborah Crombie
- Narrator
- Michael Deehy
- Duration
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2005
- ISBN
- 9781602831964
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep—at last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to a startling conclusion: Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already doomed? As Kincaid and his appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman's strange history, a troubling puzzle emerges: a bizarre amalgam of charity and crime—and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts.
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