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LEAVE THE GRAVE GREEN by Deborah Crombie is a Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Crime Novel Book 3.
I was interested in this mystery series - the author was mentioned by the author, Louise Penny.
Each title is a bit better-written; the plot has more detail and tension and the characters are more personal and fleshed-out. The sense of place is excellent and is a reason I seem to read series - the location or sense of place is very interesting to me.; along with the culture, customs and idiosyncrasies of an area.
Kincaid and James seem to do most of their work ‘on their own’ and there are few references to their actual office/station or professional workplace, although the Thames Valley Force is mentioned frequently in this particular title.
LEAVE THE GRAVE GREEN opens with the accidental drowning of young Matthew Asherton. Twenty years later, Connor Swann’s body is found floating in a Thames River lock. Both victims are connected to Julia Asherton - Matthew was her brother and Connor is her husband.
Superintendent Duncan Kincaid is called to investigate along with his assistant, Sgt. Gemma James.
Good title and good series.


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Leave the Grave Green Deborah E Crombie 9780425153086 Books Reviews

Supt. Duncan Kincaid and his Sergeant Glenna James travel to rural England at the request of Scotland Yard's assistant commissioner, who was an old school mate of Sir. Gerald Asherton. Sir Gerald's son-in-law's body was pull from a nearby lock. Was Connor Swann murdered or was his death an accident, stranger still, how did he die?
Growing emotional involvement bedevils their working relationship as Duncan finds himself draw the decease's estranged wife. This classic police procedural has as many twists and turns as the roads they travel. An excellent puzzle of deception with every character having something to hide and to loose.
Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Taxes, Stumbling Blocks & Pitfalls for Authors 2007."
While I adore all of Deborah Crombie's books, some are nevertheless better than the others. After the previous installment of the series which was a bit too dark and twisty for my tasty (but the accompanying London descriptions, Hampstead Heath in that case, were divine), Leave the Grave Green returns in all Crombie's glory. There are compulsory country houses and Agas which give the book the tactile quality, but also fascinating, larger-than-life characters (an opera singer, a conductor, a pub landlord, an artist, and of course Gemma) that I relish reading about even if some of them are not very likeable. And of course, a well-thought out mystery - a man falls into a lock on the Thames, he has strangulation marks on his throat, nobody saw anything, and the man is an estranged husband of an emotionally cold artist whose parents, curiously, still adore him. With Crombie, you never guess beforehand who done it.
I just discovered Deborah Crombie books. I had the pleasure of meeting the author at the Books in Bloom event in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and she is as lively and interesting as her books. I plan on purchasing the entire series. You learn a lot about the British culture from her books.
Crombie weaves some information on art and opera into this mystery involving a titled family with a past tragedy and secrets that affect the present. As usual, Crombie creates interesting secondary characters while nudging along the relationship between regulars Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. Some reviewers have complained that other Crombie novels have Kincaid and James driving back and forth too much between London and various villages--that complaint could apply here as well. Although their thoughts or conversations while driving often advance the deductions, I, for one, am not much interested in which of their cars is in worse shape or whether it is raining as they drive. I found the plot very engaging and kept working at the solution, along with the detectives, until the end. In Leave the Grave Green, Kincaid and James question each other's objectivity because they do not want certain suspects to be guilty. However, it is Kincaid who steps over the line of professionalism in this novel, seeming not to know his own mind. I find his intense sympathy for and attraction to multiple female characters in each novel to be too much. Otherwise, I enjoy this series very much.
I started somewhere around book #12 because my digital library had the later books and not the earlier books, so I have a little insight into the developing relationships between Duncan and Gemma, but still thoroughly enjoyed reading the early books. Each one stands nicely on its own. The stories are engaging and I feel like like I'm taking a vacation in England as I read them. Excellent stories and great characters.
This series was highly recommended to me by another fan of Louise Penny. The Three Pines mysteries are wonderful, but only one is being written each year which makes it a long wait between books. After reading those, it set a standard for mysteries which is hard to live up to. These novels are not quite a good as those, but are about as close as any I have read. This particular installment was my favorite so far and rates closer to 4.5 stars in my book.

One of the most pleasant aspects of this series as that the books are so character-driven. It really is necessary to start at the beginning and work your way through to fully enjoy them so you can watch the characters develop. While it would be an enjoyable read without the background, having it makes a huge difference.

As far as style, it's more of a traditional English mystery than anything else. The main characters work for Scotland Yard so there is a realism than is lacking in the more cozy style book. It also isn't full of blood and gore like many in the thriller genre include.

The book is engrossing and difficult to put down, leaving the reader wondering what the new twist or turn is going to be in the next chapter. Highly recommended for fans of good, intelligent mysteries - a bit of mystery combined with well-written literary prose. Have already downloaded the next one on my .
LEAVE THE GRAVE GREEN by Deborah Crombie is a Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Crime Novel Book 3.
I was interested in this mystery series - the author was mentioned by the author, Louise Penny.
Each title is a bit better-written; the plot has more detail and tension and the characters are more personal and fleshed-out. The sense of place is excellent and is a reason I seem to read series - the location or sense of place is very interesting to me.; along with the culture, customs and idiosyncrasies of an area.
Kincaid and James seem to do most of their work ‘on their own’ and there are few references to their actual office/station or professional workplace, although the Thames Valley Force is mentioned frequently in this particular title.
LEAVE THE GRAVE GREEN opens with the accidental drowning of young Matthew Asherton. Twenty years later, Connor Swann’s body is found floating in a Thames River lock. Both victims are connected to Julia Asherton - Matthew was her brother and Connor is her husband.
Superintendent Duncan Kincaid is called to investigate along with his assistant, Sgt. Gemma James.
Good title and good series.