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Violence
Some
A fire death; a missing woman; the investigation involves vulnerable people
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific way that two apparently separate investigations converge at the same truth; Kincaid and James's separation as an investigative and personal dynamic
What this book is about
A warehouse fire in Southwark kills a woman whose identity is initially unknown. Superintendent Kincaid investigates the fire and the body while Gemma James, separately, is drawn into the disappearance of a woman whose case may be connected. Deborah Crombie's tenth Kincaid/James novel is the most formally intricate — two investigations in parallel, the investigators separated by circumstance rather than the series' usual joint working — and the Southwark fire setting is used to examine urban desolation and the specific people who become invisible in a city.
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tenth Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novel by Deborah Crombie; Southwark setting
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