Dreaming of the Bones

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Review #1

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DREAMING OF THE BONES (DUNCAN KINCAID/GEMMA JAMES BOOK 5) is written by Deborah Crombie.
This was the best title yet. Each title in this series has improved and grown in scope – more detail; more in-depth characterization; a very personal sense of place; intriguing and multi-layered mystery; very thorough detecting by D Kincaid and G James.

Duncan’s ex-wife, Vic, (Victoria Potts Kincaid McClellan) calls up out of the blue, asking for Duncan’s help. They have not seen each other for years – not since she walked out of their marriage without a word. Vic is working on a biography of one Lydia Brooke, a local poet. One of an inner circle of ‘literati’ from Cambridge in the 1960s, Lydia Brooke is of great interest to Vic. She can’t get over her suspicions that Lydia was murdered, as opposed to her ‘assumed’ suicide. Vic’s persistent questions begin to annoy and unsettle several of Lydia’s former friends. Is Vic in danger?

I like the poems of Rupert Brooke that introduce most chapters. Brooke’s background and the references to Cambridge and its surrounding areas help set an atmosphere for the time period.
I also like the way the case intertwines with Duncan and Gemma’s personal lives.

Review #2

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Out of the blue, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid’s ex-wife Vic calls him one day; she is an academic working on a biography of a female poet who had died, apparently by suicide, some five years earlier. She is not so sure that it *was* suicide, however, and she asks Duncan to use his police links to look into the case a little more deeply. Although this incident took place away from his own patch, he agrees to ask an old police colleague to check things out, but when Vic herself dies, evidently the victim of an accident, Duncan can’t leave it to anyone else to investigate. With his Sergeant, Gemma James, he wades into the arcane world of academia, 1960s student shenanigans and anything else that comes to bear….I like the Kincaid/James series, although I don’t find it as compelling as some other mystery series such as Donna Leon’s work or Peter Robinson’s. I enjoyed this one because of the developing relationship between the two leads, and the introduction of other characters that I know will be incorporated into future stories. I had a quibble about the fact that the other police officer, ostensibly in charge of the investigation, warns Duncan away and then…we never hear from him again; that’s a bit sloppy. Overall, though, this is a fast read and an interesting take on the idea that the past is never really past; mildly recommended.

This novel is full of poets, novelists and literary critics, and every chapter begins with an excerpt from a poem by Rupert Brooke. The setting is Cambridge, and the atmosphere very academic. The plot begins with a call to chief inspector Kincaid of Scotland Yard from his ex-wife Victoria. Vic is writing a biography of a minor woman poet, and she thinks the poet’s death is suspicious – not suicide at all but murder.

This presents quite a challenge for Kincaid, who has no authority to open a closed case, and no jurisdiction in Cambridge. But the plot quickly gets more complicated and the likelihood of crime less speculative.

Relationships are the most interesting thing in the Crombie novels, and they get really interesting in this book. We have Kincaid’s ongoing love affair with his female sergeant Gemma, and Kincaid’s feelings for his ex-wife who left him years ago without a word. Suspects and victims also have tangled relationships, some dating back to the wild sixties. There are also fascinating connections between parents and children, some of them quite surprising.

Review #3

Audiobook  Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie

I didn’t actually read the book. I listened to it. The narrator was changed for this audiobook. The previous audiobooks were done by Michael Deehy in a very posh English style that at first I found kind of pretentious but once I got used to him it was great. Then they switched to Jenny Sterlin and it was off putting at first. Since there are two main characters one male and one female it works out as the male narrators seem to do better with male characters and the female narrators with female characters. Not very often does an audiobook have multiple narrators but that would be awesome! Each of the Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mysteries is not a standout mystery buy itself but I am really enjoying the development of the story between Duncan and Gemma as it flows through the books. These books/audiobooks definitely should be read or listened to in order.

I started with the unpleasant feeling that this might well prove to be another over-praised and over-inflated best seller, alongside a number of others I have encountered recently.

The reality turned out to be quite otherwise. This seems to me to be an original, literate and intelligent novel, which sustains interest as much through the characterisation and powerful evocation of time and place as through the tension and suspense within the plot. It is a pity I think that some of the reviews reveal quite so much of the contents, well written and appreciative as they are. I’ll try not to compound the sin by placing too much emphasis on particularities here. In my experience it is rare to find a detective novel in which the storyline is not all important. The whodunit element certainly adds a keener edge, especially as the story weaves towards its climax, but as a historical/literary/psychological novel it is almost equally compelling. I am unfamiliar with the author’s previous work, but on the strength of her achievement here I shall certainly explore her earlier books. Recommended.

Review #4

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And I ended up skipping from about 50% through to about 80% in order to wrap it up. I’ve been reading this series in order and wasn’t pleased with Duncan in book 4. He’s almost intolerable in this book. Love Gemma’s character and wish they were still only professional partners. Duncan’s character is very self-centered, and he has no thought for Gemma in this book. I hope this isn’t his personality going forward, or I won’t be able to finish the series.

Had I known that Crombie writes the “romantic mystery,” I wouldn’t have started her series. But on the recommendation of a friend, I did. I liked the first four books in this series quite a bit even though I found Kincaid’s wandering libido distracting. This fifth book is more romance than I care to read and a tough slog to boot. I’ve abandoned not only the book but the series as well.

Review #5

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I began reading the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James books in the middle of the series – Water Like a Stone – and was hooked but, to be honest, I wouldn’t have read all Deborah Crombie’s 18 in the series had I started at the first which Is good but not as rounded as the later novels and I held off commenting on any until completed the marathon. Firstly, I can say, without fear or favour, that I thoroughly enjoyed all of the mysteries. They are all whodunnits but centred around an expanding group of families and friends. While each book covers a separate mystery and murder(s) there is the recurrent theme of the family that runs through all the stories – and often murders come to Duncan and Gemma – separately and together. Because of the titles there is no need for a spoiler alert to the readers of the first book to know that Duncan and Gemma become an item and then a family – not as quickly as one might think. Having read a number of books that have been turned into TV series I’m surprised that no-one has attempted to turn what I believe to be one of the finest of the genre – I have not come across another series that so economically but finely draws its main characters. However, I notice that many of the current TV series have relatively few central characters and that perhaps the increasing cast of friends and family (despite losing a few on the way) might put producers off.

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