Abby I. reviewed Another solid entry on 7/17/2009 + 11 more book reviews

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If you like Deborah Crombie, you will probably enjoy Where Memories Lie. I'm not sure it is one of her more intriguing efforts, and I am not fond of narratives that move between the past (WWII) and the present, but Gemma and Duncan are working a case together again, and along with the quotidian aspects of their daily life, there are a series of murders in the present to solve that are rooted in the past. I think perhaps Crombie got so caught up in the historical aspects of the story, she neglected the actual mystery, but the characters are interesting, even if many of them are not as sharply drawn as they could be, and the ending in possibly not what you would expect. I enjoy Crombie's writing and her characterizations. This is not the most compelling mystery, nor story, however.

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