Описание: | The life of Scotland Yard`s Gemma James is changing in major ways-she`s just been promoted to Inspector, she`s pregnant, and she and her young son are about to move into spacious new digs with her lover, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid. Then the beautiful young wife of a Portobello Road antiques dealer is murdered in the driveway of her Notting Hill home and the case lands in Gemma`s disappearing lap. Dawn Arrowood, as Gemma soon discovers, was pregnant when she died, most likely by Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in Portobello Market whose disappearance after the murder makes him a prime suspect. But Gemma rules him out as the killer, focusing her investigation on Karl Arrowood, the dead woman`s husband. When Karl is murdered, she`s stymied, but then Kincaid`s investigation into what may be a serial killer turns up a bizarre connection to Gemma`s case and a link to Karl Arrowood`s sideline as a drug smuggler. As usual, Crombie handles a complicated plot with style, providing enough twists and turns to hold the reader`s attention while driving the narrative to a stunning conclusion. |
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