Deborah Crombie - Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James 11 - Water Like A Stone

And a special thanks to illustrator Laura Maestro, who has once again graced my book with her enchanting map.

Any mistakes I have made in procedure or geography are entirely my own.

About the Author

was born and educated in Texas.

After living in both England and Scotland, she wrote her first novel, A Share in Death, which was nominated for both an Agatha and a Macavity. Her fifth novel, Dreaming of the Bones, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and was chosen by the Independent Mystery Booksellers of America as one of the Best Crime Novels of the Century.

Her novels have been published in Japan, Ger-many, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom. Crombie travels to England several times a year, and has been a featured speaker at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford.

She lives in a small North Texas town, sharing a turn-of-the-century house with her husband, her seventeen- year-old daughter, three cats, and a German shepherd.

www.deborahcrombie.com

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A Share in Death

All Shall Be Well

Leave the Grave Green

Mourn Not Your Dead

Dreaming of the Bones

Kissed a Sad Goodbye

A Finer End

And Justice There Is None

Now May You Weep

In a Dark House