In a Dark House
- Author Deborah Crombie
- Narrator Michael Deehy
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 13 March 2017
- Run Time 11 hours and 19 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural.
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What to expect
Superintendent Duncan Kincaid is called to investigate the shocking death of a woman found burned beyond recognition in a Victorian warehouse in south London. When his lover and partner, Gemma James, is asked to trace a friend's missing roommate, she and Duncan discover that their cases have several disturbing links.
Set against a backdrop of Dickensian Southwark, repository of old secrets, the case plunges Duncan and Gemma into the dark recesses of human relationships. Two women are missing, a little girl is abducted, and no one is really what they seem. The detectives must discover the truth, as innocent lives hang in the balance.
Critics Review
u201cCrombie keeps this series on its toes with her smooth procedural techniques and engagingly eccentric characters.u201d
u201cRich and complex.u201d
u201cCrombie has laid claim to the literary territory of moody psychological suspense owned by P. D. James and Barbara Vine.u201d
u201cIn this dark house, the authoru2019s light shines brightly.u201d
u201cGreat characters, a rich plot, graceful writing, and dramatic, tense scenes. The result is a fantastic readu2026The character-driven plot doesnu2019t stop with Kincaid and James. Even the secondary characters are fully developed, and their stories are equally important to the book. Crombie shows that sheu2019s a master of action as wellu2026This novel of physical and emotional challenges succeeds at all levels. It is, in short, superb.u201d
u201cMichael Deehy delivers an outstanding, nuanced readingu2026The individual threads are woven together expertly to form a rich and coherent whole. Itu2019s a whole made even better by Deehy, who creates distinctive, revealing voices for the characters and reads with beautiful pacing. In a burning building with fire-fighters, for example, we hear their fear and their self-control without being aware of Deehy the narrator. This is a superb performance from start to finish. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.u201d
u201cItu2019s a web of gossamer-thin clues that police, under the patient Superintendent Kincaid, work to untangle as they race against time to find the imperiled Harriet. Myriad subplots that have accrued from past entries slow the action in places, but Duncan and Gemma are such interesting and attractive characters that few readers will mind.u201d
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