And Justice There Is None
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And Justice There Is None
by Authors:
DEBORAH CROMBIE
Released: 03 June, 2003
ISBN: 0553579304
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Sales Rank: 20427
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Customer Review #1:
 richly imagined
Deborah Crombie is a masterful suspense novelist. Her densely plotted "And Justice There is None" is concerned with mothers and babies of several generations. Policewoman Gemma James, whom we have met in earlier Crombie novels, is pregnant with the child of her lover, Duncan Kincaid. He finds a lovely place in Notting Hill to become home to their blended families, including the coming child. The first murder victim, Notting Hill resident Dawn Arrowsmith, is also pregnant with her lovers baby; her husband, wealthy antique dealer Karl, had a vasectomy years ago.(Those readers who saw the Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant film, "Notting Hill", can easily visualize the gentrified neighborhood.) As usual with Crombies work, the plot quickly thickens and the readers interest will intensify accordingly. Several mother/child relationships are uncovered as Gemma pursues the killer. (I wonder if Crombie herself was pregnant while writing this book. One would think so.) "And Justice There is None" is a mystery done up to perfection, including authentic British-English (Car Park for parking lot, Inland Revenue for IRS, mobile for cell phone, and so on) despite the fact that Crombie lives in Texas. Recommended.
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Customer Review #2:
clever police procedural
Deputy Inspector Gemma James and Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid are finally getting their act together. With a baby on the way, Gemma agrees to buy a house with Duncan so that his son and her son from previous marriages, and their son to be born baby from can live together as a family.In her professional life, Gemma is assigned a high profile murder case to solve as quickly as possible. Dawn Arrowood, a trophy wife married to a rich antiques dealer twice her age, is brutally killed near her home, her throat slit. An autopsy shows that she was six weeks pregnant and since her husband had a vasectomy the probability is it was her lovers child. As Gemma burns the midnight out, Duncan joins the inquiry because there are similarities between this case and one he was investigating a few months ago. The romantic relationship between the two protagonists is developing naturally and creates a sense of continuity throughout the whole series. Deborah Crombie has written a delicious mystery with so many viable suspects that readers really wont have a clue as the identity of the killer is until the stunning climax. AND JUSTICE THERE IS NONE is a clever police procedural as well as an exciting relationship drama. Harriet Klausner
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Customer Review #3:
A Rich Tapestry of a Book!
With this book, I think that Deborah Crombie proves her right to be up there with P.D. James and Elizabeth George. This is a beautifully written, though complex tale of love, possession, hate and evil. In this book Gemma has a murder in her patch. Its her first big case as Inspector, and the murder is of prominent woman who had her throat cut in her own driveway. Gemma and her new team try to put the pieces together and as they start to do that it becomes apparent to her and to Duncan Kincaid that there are striking similarities between this case and one that happened in Duncans territory. They get to work together to try to prove a connection. At the same time Duncan and Gemma are combining their households and moving in together. It should be a completely happy time for them, but they both find that this case is going to cause tragedy to a number of lives, maybe even their own. This is a rich, complex, psychological thriller that is extremely complex and multi-faceted. I take my hat off to Ms. Crombie
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