Notting Hill im Jahre 1960. Ein Serienkiller, Rassenunruhen und die russische Mafia halten Gemma Jones und Duncan Kincaid in Atem.

Zusatztext Praise for the Acclaimed Novels of Deborah Crombie A Finer End Crombie has laid claim to the literary territory of moody psychological suspense owned by P. D. James and Barbara Vine. Superbly creepy and melodramatic. -- The Washington Post Intricately layered. -- The New York Times Splendid entertainment. -- Chicago Tribune Kissed a Sad Goodbye Atmospheric...absorbing...haunting. -- The Washington Post Book World [Crombie] is writing in P. D. James territory! and she is a master. -- Associated Press Dreaming of the Bones Fascinating...multilayered. -- The New York Times Book Review Dreaming of the Bones will make you cry and catch your breath in surprise. -- Chicago Tribune A New York Times Notable Book Informationen zum Autor Deborah Crombie's Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels have been nominated for the Agatha, Macavity , and Edgar Awards . Dreaming of the Bones , the fifth novel in the series, was named one of the century's best mystery novels by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association . She lives with her family in a small north Texas town, where she is at work on her next novel. Klappentext 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. Chapter One Admiral Sir Edward Vernon, with a small fleet of ships from the British Navy, captured the port [of Porto Bello] in 1739 . . . Bonfires were lit in all the major cities to celebrate the victory . . . streets and districts were named after Vernon and Portobello. Whetlor and Bartlett, from Portobello He ran, as so many others ran, the black anorak protecting him from the mist, the reflective patches on his trainers gleaming as he passed under the street lamps. The pattern of the streets was etched in his mind, a living map. Down Portobello, under the motorway, past Oxford Gardens, once the site of Portobello Farm, then back up Ladbroke Grove, past the video shop a...

**Praise for the Acclaimed Novels of Deborah Crombie

A Finer End

*“Crombie has laid claim to the literary territory of moody psychological suspense owned by P. D. James and Barbara Vine. Superbly creepy and melodramatic.”
--The Washington Post

“Intricately layered.”
--The New York Times

“Splendid entertainment.”
--Chicago Tribune

***Kissed a Sad Goodbye

*“Atmospheric...absorbing...haunting.”
--The Washington Post Book World*

“[Crombie] is writing in P. D. James territory, and she is a master.”
--*Associated Press

***Dreaming of the Bones

*“Fascinating...multilayered.”
--The New York Times Book Review

“Dreaming of the Bones will make you cry and catch your breath in surprise.”
--Chicago Tribune

A New York Times Notable Book

• Autorentext

  Deborah Crombie’s Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels have been nominated for the Agatha, Macavity, and Edgar Awards. Dreaming of the Bones, the fifth novel in the series, was named one of the century’s best mystery novels by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. She lives with her family in a small north Texas town, where she is at work on her next novel.

  Klappentext

  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.

  Leseprobe
  **Chapter One

  **Admiral Sir Edward Vernon, with a small fleet of ships from the British Navy, captured the port [of Porto Bello] in 1739 . . . Bonfires were lit in all the major cities to celebrate the victory . . . streets and districts were named after Vernon and Portobello. Whetlor and Bartlett, from Portobello

  He ran, as so many others ran, the black anorak protecting him from the mist, the reflective patches on his trainers gleaming as he passed under the street lamps. The pattern of the streets was etched in his mind, a living map. Down Portobello, under the motorway, past Oxford Gardens, once the site of Portobello Farm, then back up Ladbroke Grove, past the video shop and the Afro-Caribbean hairdressers, then into Lansdown Road with its whitewashed Victorian austerity. He imagined that the street’s curve paralleled the track…