Water Like a Stone, Deborah Crombie
Water Like a Stone, Deborah Crombie
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Water Like a Stone

Author: Deborah Crombie

Narrator: Michael Deehy

Unabridged: 14 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/20/2017


Synopsis

When Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit, and Toby for a holiday visit to his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich’s pretty buildings and the historic winding canal, and young Kit is instantly smitten with his cousin Lally.But their visit is marred by family tensions exacerbated by the unraveling of Duncan’s sister Juliet’s marriage. And tensions are brought to the breaking point on Christmas Eve with Juliet’s discovery of a mummified infant’s body interred in the wall of an old dairy barn—a tragedy hauntingly echoed by the recent drowning of Peter Llewellyn, a schoolmate of Lally’s.Meanwhile, on her narrowboat, former social worker Annie Lebow is living a life of self-imposed isolation and preparing for a lonely Christmas, made more troubling by her meeting earlier in the day with the Wains, a traditional boating family whose case precipitated Annie’s leaving her job.As the police make their inquiries into the infant’s death, Kincaid discovers that life in the lovely market town of his childhood is far from idyllic and that the dreaming reaches of the Shropshire Union Canal hold dark and deadly secrets … secrets that may threaten everything and everyone he holds most dear.

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 L.A. on March 04, 2014

While the juggling of characters and subplots can be dizzying, Crombie tells a wonderful story with aplomb, research, and true feeling for both her characters and the setting. Her expertise takes this, like her other books, well past the simple "cozy" genre. My only quibble is that the villain was t......more

Goodreads review by Matt on November 19, 2012

Crombie is just getting better and better. With a minor exception or two, I've found every Kinkaid and James novel to be utterly captivating and engaging and Water Like a Stone doesn't disappoint. Duncan, Gemma and their family go back to Duncan's birthplace where his family still lives to celebrate......more

Goodreads review by Mary Ronan on August 09, 2011

This 11th Deborah Crombie mystery featuring Gemma Jones and Duncan Kincaid takes place on the canals and canal boats of Cheshire. One of the things I like about Crombie’s books is that they introduce me to different parts of London and of England and they explore subjects like distilling, firefighti......more

Goodreads review by Oliver on November 24, 2024

Extrem guter Bahnhofs Bücherbox find, muss mir wohl mehr von ihr besorgen. Minus punkte weil es mich meiner eigenen Sterblichkeit zu sehr bewusst gemacht hat und ich danach nicht schlafen konnte weil ich über alles was je in meinem Leben passiert ist nachdenken musste >:( (Spaß)......more


Quotes

“Crombie's emotionally intense, quietly yet exquistely wrought gems have taken on new brilliance with each offering.” Times (London)

“Crombie's prose is lyrical, biting…and evocative.” Cleveland Plain Dealer

“With a multilayered plot line, deft characterizations…and endless compassion…Crombie creates another worthy installment in her distinguished body of work.” Richmond Times Dispatch

“As in books by Elizabeth George and P. D. James, the intriguing personal relationships and family dynamics drive this well-crafted, impressive mystery-drama.” Booklist

“This is a good mystery, but its strength is in the personal stories: those of the teenagers (both Duncan's son and niece), the families on the narrowboats, some of the neighbors, and also continuing Duncan and Gemma's relationship.” Library Journal


Awards

  • Macavity Award