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Cover for Mourn Not Your Dead by Deborah Crombie

Messy Relationships All Around

Mourn Not Your Dead by Deborah Crombie

July 30, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

When a high level police officer is murdered in his own home, Duncan and Gemma are dispatched to his village to solve the case.  However, it quickly becomes clear that Alistair Gilbert was not well liked by much of anyone.  It certainly doesn’t help that it’s Duncan and Gemma’s first time seeing and working with one another since they slept together, and they are clearly not on the same page.  But the two of them will have to put aside their personal feelings both for […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #britishmystery, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #britishmystery, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural ·
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Cover for Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie

Duncan Kincaid Has Bad Judgement When It Comes to Women

Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie

July 30, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Duncan and Gemma are pulled into a case as a favor for a higher up when Connor Swann, the son in law of Sir Gerald and Dame Caroline, is found floating dead in the river.  It’s an odd case to begin with where the deceased’s in laws seemed to have liked him better than their own daughter, his wife Julia.  There’s also the fact that their young son died in a similar manner twenty years ago and the only witness was his sister.  It doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #britishmystery, cbr15bingo, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #britishmystery, cbr15bingo, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural ·
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Cover for All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie

A Character Study Wrapped in a Mystery

All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie

July 30, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

When Duncan’s next door neighbor passes away in her sleep, something about the situation seems off to him, and he can’t help but look into things.  The matter quickly gets more complicated when a it’s revealed that Jasmine was planning to commit suicide due to her terminal illness but changed her mind.  Duncan’s gut instinct is that there is something more to her death than meets the eye, but nothing seems to add up.  And as he digs deeper into Jasmine’s life, he beginning to […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #britishmystery, cbr15bingo, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #britishmystery, cbr15bingo, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural ·
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Cover for A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

Murder Does Not Take a Vacation

A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

July 30, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid was looking forward to a nice vacation in the country after a rough case.  Thanks to his cousin, he’s got a spot at a timeshare in Yorkshire and plans on enjoying his holiday.  Unfortunately, he’s barely been there a night when one of the staff is found floating dead in the pool.  As much as Duncan knows he should stay out of it, when the local investigator starts the case by dismissing it as a suicide, Duncan can’t help but get […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #britishmystery, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #britishmystery, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James Mysteries, police procedural ·
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“It’s the living who are left to suffer. A hard truth, but that’s the way it is.”

Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo

Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo

April 27, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Pray for Silence – 3 stars After an Amish family of seven is discovered slain in their home, chief of police Kate Burkholder investigates, uncovering a dark second life that one of the daughters was leading. The second book in the Kate Burkholder series, this book moves away from the subplots surrounding Kate’s past and lean more into a straightforward police procedural surrounding the murder of an unassuming family. Again I enjoyed following along the investigation and the camaraderie between the police officers, as well […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Amish, Linda Castillo, murder, mystery, police procedural, Series

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Amish, Linda Castillo, murder, mystery, police procedural, Series ·
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“As much as I want to make things right, some chasms are simply too treacherous to traverse.”

Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo

April 5, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Though Kate long ago left the Amish community, her background lends her unique qualifications for her role as the Chief of Police of the mixed culture community of Painters Mill, Ohio – and throws up an obstacle when it seems like a serial killer has resurfaced after sixteen years. I don’t usually read hard-boiled procedurals, as I find they often end up bogged down in technical detail, but I was intrigued by this series’ unusual lead and setting. I thought the writing was fluid and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Amish, Linda Castillo, murder, mystery, police procedural, serial killer

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Amish, Linda Castillo, murder, mystery, police procedural, serial killer ·
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