Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 10/10/2018 + 1032 more book reviews

16th in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series and definitely better if you have read the previous. Kincaid has been inexplicably transferred from Scotland Yard to a force in Camden, and his wife Gemma James is working a child murder at her new job. Kincaid's team is called to a bombing at St. Pancras train station where they encounter James' colleague Melody Talbot, who's there to watch her boyfriend in a concert. Some protesters in the area seem to have a connection with the incident, and it quickly turns into an interesting puzzle. Kincaid doesn't trust his new subordinates quite yet so he shares his investigations with his ex-sergeant Doug Cullen, Talbot, and of course his wife. Crombie looks to have started a longer story arc related (perhaps) to corruption in the force, and this book resolves the train station incident but sets up another dangerous plot with a little cliffhanger at the end. Good sense of place in this one, Crombie does a good job describing the train station and the little chapter heading factoids are very interesting. I was happy that she took a break from the extensive flashbacks this time, there's some of it but not pages and pages. I enjoy the personal interactions of them all, I liked that most of the minor characters were given a mention, but I think I'm reading the books too close together; I am starting to feel a little skeptical about how these four find the time to work together like that. However, there's only one book left until I'm caught up with this series, so problem almost solved.

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