Leave the Grave Green, Deborah Crombie
Leave the Grave Green, Deborah Crombie
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Leave the Grave Green

Author: Deborah Crombie

Narrator: Michael Deehy

Unabridged: 15 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2005

Synopsis

When a body is discovered floating in a Thames river lock one dreary morning, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are summoned from Scotland Yard to Chiltern Hills. The dead man is Connor Swann, son-in-law of two of London’s most renowned opera personalities. And prints on the corpse’s neck suggest that Swann was strangled. As Duncan and Gemma explore the quiet woods above the Thames and the flamboyant world of London opera in search of answers, they discover a tangled web of family secrets and hidden emotions. And when Duncan finds himself dangerously drawn to a suspect, he and Gemma must sort out their complicated feelings for each other.

About Deborah Crombie

Deborah Crombie is a Macavity Award winner and a finalist for the Edgar Award and the Agatha Award, as well as a New York Times bestselling author. She has written more than a dozen novels and is best known for her contemporary mystery series featuring Scotland Yard’s Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. Among this series is Dreaming of the Bones, which was selected as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.

About Michael Deehy

Michael Deehy is an Earphones Award-winning narrator and an actor whose career has taken him around the world performing in a multitude of plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Shaw, Synge, and a host of other playwrights. He divides his time between the United States and England, where he has performed in both regional theater and in London’s West End, as well as a number of national television shows.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mar on December 14, 2023

3.5/5 Aaaaalright, so this was also quite a trip. I’m kinda upset that it took me quite a while to finish it, mainly because if I take too long on a book it kinda affects my rating in a way? Not sure how to explain it. Moving on to a quick summary with my own words. Julia’s brother, Matthew, drowned......more

Goodreads review by Alex is The Romance Fox on July 05, 2017

Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his sergeant Gemma Jones are back in Leave the Grave Green, the 3rd book Deborah Crombie's Series. Investigating the suspicious drowning of the son-in-law of Sir Gerald and Dame Caroline Asherton, renowned figures in the music world, they discover that......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 12, 2021

In this 3rd book in the 'Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James' series, the Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a philandering playboy who married into an important family. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** When man-about-town Connor Swann's body is found in the Thames River outside L......more

Quotes

“Secrets, big and little, hound one character after another: liaisons, frustrated ambitions, lies that cover older lies. Deborah Crombie has stylishly adopted a British accent along with a feel for British customs in crime.” Washington Post Book World

“The passages of the first drowning are haunting, the mystery is intriguing, the characters are well developed and the solution satisfies. Stay tuned.” Publishers Weekly

“Crombie’s insightful writing and an engrossing reading by Deehy make this haunting whodunit well worth hearing.” AudioFile

“Detail and pacing are immaculate as the investigation is drawn closer and closer toward domestic secrets as the source of the solution to the crime. A superbly engrossing whodunit for all active mystery collections.” Booklist

“Tidily plotted and neatly written.” Kirkus Reviews

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