Reviews for Where memories lie
Library Journal
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A friend's plea and a missing gem have Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James delving into the past of an apparent suicide in their latest by popular author Crombie, who lives in north Texas. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Library Journal
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In New York Times best-selling author Crombie's (Dreaming of the Bones) 12th entry in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series, Gemma looks into the reappearance of a valuable diamond pin last seen by its Jewish owner when she escaped Germany in 1938. Various major and minor characters narrate, each revealing glimpses of secrets and motives. This can be confusing at first, so listeners must pay close attention. British actress Jenny Sterlin is an expressive reader able to project the many emotions of Crombie's characters; her German accent is particularly effective. A good purchase for most public library mystery collections as either a series entry or a stand-alone. [The Morrow hc was published in June 2008; expect the mass market pb in June 2009.]-Juleigh Muirhead Clark, Colonial Williamsburg Fdn. Lib., VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publishers Weekly
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When a diamond brooch stolen decades ago turns up for sale at an upscale London auction house, the brooch's owner, Dr. Erika Rosenthal, a retired academic who escaped Nazi Germany with her philosopher husband, David, during WWII, turns for help to her friend Insp. Gemma James in Crombie's lively 12th mystery to feature Gemma and Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid (after 2007's Water Like a Stone). The suspicious hit-and-run death of Kristin Cahill, a young clerk involved in the brooch's sale, is but the first in a series of fatalities to befall people connected to the auction. Crombie raises the suspense by alternating the contemporary story, which includes news of Gemma's mother's battle against cancer, with flashbacks to the investigation of David's unsolved murder in 1952 while he was working on an expose about Nazi sympathizers. With its echoes of Elizabeth George and even Danielle Steel, this entry will appeal as much to newcomers as to series fans. 7-city author tour. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Book list
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Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid take on a case with links to the past. Gemma's friend Erika Rosenthal, whom she met while working on another case (A Finer End, 2001), calls because she has just seen a beautiful art deco brooch made by her father, a famous jeweler, in an auction catalog. The brooch was stolen from her. Gemma knows little of Erika's past, other than the fact that she and her late husband, David, came to London before World War II as refugees from Nazi Germany. David was a bitter, withdrawn man who was murdered near the Thames. The case was never solved. When a young woman who works for the auction house listing Erika's brooch is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Gemma becomes suspicious. As she, Duncan, and Sergeant Doug Callen dig deeper, a second murder occurs. Their search for the truth leads to fascinating links between the past and the present. A strong entry in a consistently fine British procedural series; recommend this one to fans of P. D. James' Adam Dalgleish.--Bibel, Barbara Copyright 2008 Booklist
Book list
From Booklist, Copyright © American Library Association. Used with permission.
Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid (Water Like a Stone) take on a case with links to the past. Gemma's friend Erika Rosenthal, whom she met while working on another case (A Finer End), calls because she is very upset. She has just seen a beautiful art deco brooch made by her father, a famous jeweler, in an auction catalogue. The brooch was stolen from her. Gemma knows little of Erika's past, other than the fact that she and her late husband, David, came to London before World War II as refugees from Nazi Germany. David was a bitter, withdrawn man who was murdered near the Thames. The case was never solved. When a young woman who works for the auction house listing Erika's brooch is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Gemma becomes suspicious. As she, Duncan, and Sergeant Doug Callen dig deeper, a second murder occurs. Their search for the truth leads to fascinating links between the past and the present as they try to obtain justice for Erika and her husband.--Bibel, Barbara Copyright 2008 Booklist
