02552cam a2200373 i 4500 939361542 TxAuBib 20230817120000.0 221123s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022037413 9780062993397 HRD 30.00 0062993399 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Crombie, Deborah, author. A Killing of Innocents [Book] : a novel / Deborah Crombie. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] x, 348 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James ; ; 19 On a rainy November evening, a young woman hurries through the crowd in London’s historic Russell Square. Out of the darkness, someone jostles her, then brushes past. A moment later, she stumbles, collapsing against a tree. When a young mother finds her body and alerts the police, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his sergeant, Doug Cullen, are called to the scene. The victim, Sasha Johnson, is a trainee doctor at a nearby hospital, and she’s been stabbed. Kincaid immediately calls his detective wife, Gemma James, who has recently been assigned to a task force on knife crime. Along with her partner, detective sergeant Melody Talbot, Gemma joins the investigation. But Sasha Johnson doesn’t fit the profile of the typical knife crime victim. Single, successful, daughter of a black professional family, she has no history of abusive relationships or any connection to gangs. She had her secrets, though, and Kincaid uncovers an awkward connection to his Notting Hill friends Wesley and Betty Howard. As the detectives unravel Sasha’s tangled relationships, another stabbing puts London in a panic, and Kincaid’s team needs all their resources to find the killer stalking the dark streets of Bloomsbury. 20230901. Kincaid, Duncan (Fictitious character) Fiction. James, Gemma (Fictitious character from Crombie) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James ; ; 19.