Saturday, May 08, 2004
AUTHOR Crombie, Deborah.
TITLE Dreaming of the bones [sound recording] / by Deborah Crombie.
EDITION Unabridged.
IMPRINT Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2000.
DESCRIPT 12 sound discs (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE Compact discs.
An unabridged recording of the book.
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin.
SUMMARY A biographer asks Scotland yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and
Sergeant Gemma James to help her prove that a talented poet did
not commit suicide, but was murdered. They discover startling
news that leads them into an engrossing history of poetry and
scandal, found secrets and lost innocence.
SUBJECT Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
Kincaid, Duncan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
James, Gemma (Fictitious character : Crombie) -- Fiction.
Police -- England -- Yorkshire Dales -- Fiction.
Policewomen -- England -- Yorkshire Dales -- Fiction.
Yorkshire Dales (England) -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Sterlin, Jenny, Narrator.
ISBN 0788752030.
MUSIC # C1360 Recorded Books.
Crombie's English procedural series featuring Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James (Mourn Not Your Dead, 1996, etc.) takes a giant leap forward with this haunting mystery set among Cambridge literary types. Vic McClellan, Duncan's ex-wife and a member of the English faculty at Cambridge, is writing a biography of Lydia Brooke, a Cambridge poet whose death five years earlier was attributed to suicide. Convinced that Lydia didn't kill herself, Vic asks Duncan to look into the poet's death. Estranged from Vic since she left him 12 years ago, Duncan is at first unwilling to help. But Vic's literary evidence and a brief look at the local police records soon convince him and Gemma, who's his lover as well as his partner, that there's something fishy about Lydia's demise. Having reconciled with Vic and been charmed by her son, Kit, Duncan is devastated when she is murdered. Assisted by Gemma, he sets out on a personal crusade to find the killer. Their investigation leads to Lydia's circle of Cambridge friends in the 1960s: Nathan, now on the botany faculty; Darcy, a colleague of Vic's on the English faculty; Daphne, headmistress of a girls' school; and Adam, an Anglican priest. It's Gemma, through close reading of a long-lost poem by Lydia, who uncovers the crucial secret. As Crombie continues to explore Duncan and Gemma's complicated relationship, she adds a deeper resonance in the form of Duncan's feelings for Vic and Kit. This is the best book in an already accomplished series. Crombie excels at investing her mysteries with rich characterization and a sophisticated wash of illuminating feminism.
Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
TITLE Dreaming of the bones [sound recording] / by Deborah Crombie.
EDITION Unabridged.
IMPRINT Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2000.
DESCRIPT 12 sound discs (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
FORMAT CD.
NOTE Compact discs.
An unabridged recording of the book.
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin.
SUMMARY A biographer asks Scotland yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and
Sergeant Gemma James to help her prove that a talented poet did
not commit suicide, but was murdered. They discover startling
news that leads them into an engrossing history of poetry and
scandal, found secrets and lost innocence.
SUBJECT Audiobooks.
Books on CD.
Kincaid, Duncan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
James, Gemma (Fictitious character : Crombie) -- Fiction.
Police -- England -- Yorkshire Dales -- Fiction.
Policewomen -- England -- Yorkshire Dales -- Fiction.
Yorkshire Dales (England) -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ALT AUTHOR Sterlin, Jenny, Narrator.
ISBN 0788752030.
MUSIC # C1360 Recorded Books.
Crombie's English procedural series featuring Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James (Mourn Not Your Dead, 1996, etc.) takes a giant leap forward with this haunting mystery set among Cambridge literary types. Vic McClellan, Duncan's ex-wife and a member of the English faculty at Cambridge, is writing a biography of Lydia Brooke, a Cambridge poet whose death five years earlier was attributed to suicide. Convinced that Lydia didn't kill herself, Vic asks Duncan to look into the poet's death. Estranged from Vic since she left him 12 years ago, Duncan is at first unwilling to help. But Vic's literary evidence and a brief look at the local police records soon convince him and Gemma, who's his lover as well as his partner, that there's something fishy about Lydia's demise. Having reconciled with Vic and been charmed by her son, Kit, Duncan is devastated when she is murdered. Assisted by Gemma, he sets out on a personal crusade to find the killer. Their investigation leads to Lydia's circle of Cambridge friends in the 1960s: Nathan, now on the botany faculty; Darcy, a colleague of Vic's on the English faculty; Daphne, headmistress of a girls' school; and Adam, an Anglican priest. It's Gemma, through close reading of a long-lost poem by Lydia, who uncovers the crucial secret. As Crombie continues to explore Duncan and Gemma's complicated relationship, she adds a deeper resonance in the form of Duncan's feelings for Vic and Kit. This is the best book in an already accomplished series. Crombie excels at investing her mysteries with rich characterization and a sophisticated wash of illuminating feminism.
Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
AUTHOR Havill, Steven.
TITLE A discount for death / Steven F. Havill.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
DESCRIPT 293 p. ; 22 cm.
NOTE "A Posadas County mystery"--Cover.
SUBJECT Gastner, Bill (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Policewomen -- Fiction.
New Mexico -- Fiction.
Sheriffs -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0312307853.
"In this sequel to Steve Havill's Scavengers, Estelle Reyes-Guzman plunges into her new job as undersheriff of Posadas County and the action never stops. As Bill Gastner, recently retired sheriff and hero of Havill's previous series, lurks diplomatically in the background, Estelle must deal with the disappearance of a local insurance broker who was about to be indicted for fraud. A far worse challenge comes when one of her officers, on a wild chase through town, causes the death of a young single mother in a motorcycle crash. Estelle handles her challenges with aplomb, even as she struggles at home with two very active little boys, a surgeon husband who is often at the hospital when he'd planned to be home, and a mother disabled by old age."--BOOK JACKET.
TITLE A discount for death / Steven F. Havill.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
DESCRIPT 293 p. ; 22 cm.
NOTE "A Posadas County mystery"--Cover.
SUBJECT Gastner, Bill (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Policewomen -- Fiction.
New Mexico -- Fiction.
Sheriffs -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0312307853.
"In this sequel to Steve Havill's Scavengers, Estelle Reyes-Guzman plunges into her new job as undersheriff of Posadas County and the action never stops. As Bill Gastner, recently retired sheriff and hero of Havill's previous series, lurks diplomatically in the background, Estelle must deal with the disappearance of a local insurance broker who was about to be indicted for fraud. A far worse challenge comes when one of her officers, on a wild chase through town, causes the death of a young single mother in a motorcycle crash. Estelle handles her challenges with aplomb, even as she struggles at home with two very active little boys, a surgeon husband who is often at the hospital when he'd planned to be home, and a mother disabled by old age."--BOOK JACKET.
