Mourn Not Your Dead

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Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are sent to suburban Surrey to investigate the murder of a high-ranking police officer. Alastair Gilbert was bludgeoned to death in his kitchen, and the list of potential suspects is long. The man's arrogance earned him widespread enmity both in the village where he lived and in police circles. But Duncan and Gemma must put aside their personal feelings—for the victim, as well as for each other—to solve the most troubling case either has faced.

Critics Review

  • “The three things that make Deborah
    Crombie’s books about a pair of Scotland Yard detectives so fascinating are
    the way the relationship between Superintendent Duncan Kinkaid and Sergeant Gemma
    James is constantly—and believably—changing, the meticulously researched and
    impeccably presented details of British police procedure, and the fact that the
    superb chronicler behind these multilayered tales of British society is a
    native Texan and current resident of a small town near Dallas. This fourth
    entry in Crombie’s excellent series sends the gently raised, intellectual
    Kinkaid and the tougher, more abrasive James out after the killer of a
    much-unloved senior policeman in suburban Surrey.”

    Amazon.com, editorial review

  • “Combining subtle emotional nuances
    and psychological insights with a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of
    police procedure, author Deborah Crombie produces another powerful contemporary
    mystery in the classic tradition. Mourn
    Not Your Dead     is a compelling page-turner of a mystery thriller!”

    Midwest Book Review

  • “Sergeant Gemma James and
    Superintendent Duncan Kincaid reappear in this finely
    tuned procedural that moves between the tidy village of Holmbury St. Mary and
    the gritty streets of London…Ongoing complications in the evolving relationship
    between James and Kincaid add depth to the proceedings. With her meticulously,
    affectionately drawn cast, Crombie is closely attentive to every facet of the
    tiny village and demonstrates that if country life is clannish and inbred, the
    small world of the police force is much the same.”

    Publishers Weekly

  • “The setting and characters are
    well drawn.”

    Kirkus Reviews

  • “With only slight shadings in
    timbre, narrator Michael Deehy creates an entire village of plausible suspects.
    His authentic accents clarify class distinctions; in fact, his wholly absorbing
    reading makes even the description of a drapery design seem important. This
    1996 addition to Crombie’s exceptional series offers intense plotting,
    meticulous diction, and convincing insights into British sensibilities. Add to
    that a tour-de-force performance by Deehy and listeners have an experience to
    savor.”

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  • “Crombie keeps this series on its
    toes with her smooth procedural techniques and engagingly eccentric characters.”

    New York Times Book Review

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