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Violence
Some
A murder of a police commander; the investigation involves both his professional and domestic world
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific irony of investigating the murder of a police authority figure in a community that resists being investigated by the police; the victim's cruelty as the context for his death
What this book is about
Gilbert Graham, a divisional commander in the Surrey police, is found bludgeoned to death in his home. He was a man widely disliked by both his subordinates and his family. Superintendent Kincaid and Sergeant James investigate in a professional world — the police themselves — that resists being investigated and in a domestic world where the victim's cruelty has left multiple people with motive. Deborah Crombie's fourth Kincaid/James novel is the most directly about authority and its abuses — the specific power a commanding officer has over subordinates and a husband over a family.
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fourth Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novel by Deborah Crombie
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