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Violence
Some
A murder in a distinguished musical family; the investigation involves private disappointment
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific weight of living in the shadow of exceptional talent; Kincaid and James's developing partnership and the professional dynamics that accompany it
What this book is about
Connor Swann, son-in-law of a celebrated opera conductor and his soprano wife, is found drowned in a canal in the Chiltern Hills. The family he married into has the kind of fame and social standing that attracts attention; the marriage he was part of was unhappy in documented ways. Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James investigate in a world of musical distinction and private disappointment. Deborah Crombie's third Kincaid/James novel deepens the partnership between the two detectives while examining the specific pressures that celebrity and artistic distinction put on the families around the famous.
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third Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novel by Deborah Crombie; opera world setting
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