Deborah Crombie

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Deborah Crombie

Deborah Crombie (* 1952 ) is an American crime novel writer.

Life

Deborah Crombie grew up in Texas . Although she first studied biology, she then returned to her love of writing, worked for a while as a journalist and translator, and went to England and Scotland for some time . This is where she still gets her inspiration for her crime series about Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, which is set in Great Britain and started her career as a freelance writer in 1994. Deborah Crombie lives with her police force husband and daughter in Richardson , Dallas County .

The detective novels

Similar to the duo Lynley & Havers in Elizabeth George , Kincaid & James are a police duo of superior and subordinate, with a relationship between Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, a divorced in his forties, and the single mother Sergeant Gemma James in the course of the novels is beginning. The private life of the investigators is the central theme of the series, and The Lost Poem is even about the murder of Kincaid's ex-wife.

Awards

  • 1997 Macavity Award - Best Novel category for Dreaming of the Bones (German: The lost poem . Goldmann, Munich 1998)
  • 2009 Macavity Award - Best Novel category for Where Memories Lie (Ger. Whom memories deceive . Goldmann, Munich 2009)

Works

  • The hotel in the moor. Roman ("A Share in Death", 1993). Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-47026-6 .
  • Everything will be fine. Roman ("All Shall Be Well", 1994). Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-47186-7 .
  • And rest in peace. Roman ("Leave the Grave Green", 1995). Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-46968-0 .
  • No need to be sad. Thriller ("Mourn Not Your Dead", 1996). Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-47612-1 .
  • The lost poem. Roman ("Dreaming of the Bones", 1997). Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-45649-5 .
  • Rude awakening. Roman ("Kissed a Sad Goodbye", 1999). Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-44928-6 .
  • From another hand. Roman ("A Finer End", 2001). Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-05504-0 .
  • The cold sword of vengeance. Roman ("And Justice There Is None", 2002). Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-442-45308-5 .
  • Only if you trust me Roman ("Now May You Weep", 2003). Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-442-45309-2 .
  • Because you are never alone. Roman ("In a Dark House", 2004). Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-45870-6 .
  • So I want to be silent. Roman ("Water Like a Stone", 2007). Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-45871-4 .
  • Whom the memory deceives. Roman ("Where Memories Lie", 2008). Goldmann 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-46623-8 .
  • When the truth dies Roman ("Necessary as Blood", 2009). Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-46622-1 .
  • The still waters of death. Roman ("No Mark Upon Her", 2011). Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-47465-3 .
  • Who sheds blood. Roman ("The Sound of Broken Glass", 2013). Goldmann, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-47466-0 .
  • Who stays in the dark. Roman ("To Dwell in Darkness", 2015). Goldmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-48023-4 .
  • Lament your sins. Roman ("Garden of Lamentations", 2017). Goldmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-48024-1 .
  • Because you are supposed to die. Novel ("A Bitter Feast", 2019). Goldmann, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-442-48772-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Crombie, Deborah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American crime novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952