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Necessary As Blood (Hardcover)

by Deborah Crombie (Author)

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (Sep 28 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061287539
ISBN-13: 978-0061287534
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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In this dazzling addition to Deborah Crombie's acclaimed mystery series, a disappearance, a murder, and a child in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's legendary East End—a neighborhood where the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the dangerous, collide—to solve one of the most challenging and disturbing cases they've ever faced. . . .

Necessary as Blood

Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and the avant-garde, a place where elegant Georgian town houses exist side by side with colorful street markets and the hippest clubs. But here races and cultures still clash, and the trendy galleries and glamorous nightlife of Whitechapel disguise a violent and seedy underside, where unthinkable crimes bring terror to the innocent.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in mid May, a young mother, Sandra Gilles, leaves her daughter with a friend at the Columbia Road Flower Market and disappears. Shortly thereafter, her husband, a Pakistani lawyer, is killed. Scotland Yard detective Gemma James happens upon the scene in time to witness the investigator making a mistake.

When Duncan and his trusted sergeant, Doug Cullen, see Gemma's name in the report, they decide to take the case. Working together again, Gemma, Duncan, Doug, and Melody Talbot must solve it before the murderer can get his hands on the real prize, Naz and Sandra's daughter.

But just as the case grows more dangerous, a personal issue threatens to throw Gemma and Duncan off the trail. In the end, it is up to them to stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.

About the Author

Deborah Crombie is a native Texan who has lived in both England and Scotland. She currently lives north of Dallas in McKinney, Texas, sharing a 102-year-old house with her husband, three cats, and two German shepherds. When not walking dogs or remodeling, she spends a good deal of time in the U.K., researching her Kincaid/James novels.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Relationships, Jan 22 2010

By	Ted Feit (Long Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews

Continuing the Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid Series, Deborah Crombie focuses on two themes. First is the relationship between various characters, delving deeply into their psyches; second, the racial and ethnic changes in London's East End over the years. Both are keenly sensitive and perceptive.

At the same time, the novel remains true to the series' crime motif: a disappearance, a murder. and other crimes give the two Scotland Yard detectives and their staffs plenty to chew on. Artist Sandra Gilles disappears one afternoon, leaving her three-year-old daughter with a friend, saying she would only be a few minutes running an errand. A short time later, her husband is missing and later found murdered, leaving the child at the mercy of the system and causing Gemma to worry excessively about the girl's welfare.

These themes are intricately woven in a fluid tale with vivid descriptions of people, places and other elements to enhance the story. Another excellent chapter in the James-Kincaid series, and recommended.

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