Listening to The Sound of Broken Glass

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Last week, I was listening to the audiobook for The Sound of Broken Glass, book 15 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels series by Deborah Crombie. I think that I may have read a book or two in this series before, but I’m not sure. There is definitely enough backstory included in the book that you are not last as to what the people’s relationships and histories are. As with most mysteries or police procedurals, they are episodic and you can jump in and read one even if it isn’t the first in the series.

Gemma James is called in on a homicide and soon finds that it is not as straightforward as she had hoped. A second, almost identical homicide follows, but she is having a very hard time finding the connection between the murders and how the two of them fit together. One of the persons of interest is a musician that she/Duncan Kincaid have dealt with in the past. There is lots of interesting backstory about his life and about the Crystal Palace in London. She and Duncan both end up working the case. Engaging and well-told, with a satisfying ending.

It wasn’t until he hit the last chord and gave a bow to the audience that he realized he was bleeding. He’d cut his left thumb and the bright blood had splattered, almost invisible against the Strat’s red finish.

Deborah Crombie, The Sound of Broken Glass

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past with a powerful danger in the present.

When Detective Inspector James joins forces with Detective Inspector Melody Talbot to solve the murder of an esteemed barrister, their investigation leads them to realize that nothing is what it seems—with the crime they’re investigating and their own lives.

With an abundance of twists and turns and intertwining subplots, The Sound of Broken Glass by New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie is an elaborate and engaging page-turner.