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Kincaid and James Books in Order

by Deborah CrombieMystery, Thriller & Suspense

19 books so far (book 20 is due April 13, 2027). They run from A Share in Death (1993) to A Killing of Innocents (2023). Rated 4.4 across 20,882 listener reviews.

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Reading order

  1. A Share in Death

    Book 1 1993 4.1 (2.9k)

    A week's holiday in a luxurious hotel is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But his vacation ends dramatically with the discovery of a dead body in the whirlpool bath.

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  2. All Shall Be Well

    Book 2 1994 4.4 (1.8k)

    Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease.....

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  3. Leave the Grave Green

    Book 3 1995 4.4 (1.6k)

    When a body is discovered floating in a Thames river lock one dreary morning, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are summoned from Scotland Yard to Chiltern Hills....

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  4. Mourn Not Your Dead

    Book 4 1996 4.5 (1.6k)

    Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James are sent to suburban Surrey to investigate the murder of a high-ranking police officer....

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  5. Dreaming of the Bones

    Book 5 1997 4.3 (1.1k)

    Often compared to both Ruth Rendell and P.D. James, Deborah Crombie is internationally acclaimed for her deftly written mysteries that combine suspense, with lyrical prose.

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  6. Kissed a Sad Goodbye

    Book 6 1999 4.5 (886)

    Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell, multiple award-winning author Deborah Crombie creates graceful mysteries, resonating with lyrical prose, elegant suspense, and finely-drawn characters.

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  7. A Finer End

    Book 7 2001 4.4 (749)

    Two spellbinding mysteries, one contemporary, and one ancient - that will challenge Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as no case ever has....

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  8. And Justice There Is None

    Book 8 2002 4.5 (1.2k)

    Gemma James is adjusting to professional and personal changes - and a future now intricately entwined with Duncan Kincaid....

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  9. Now May You Weep

    Book 9 2018 4.5 (879)

    A crime of passion strikes close to home when Gemma and her best friend, Hazel Cavendish, travel to Scotland, a land of mists and fine whiskey, of hidden pasts and dangerous secrets, or so Gemma discovers when an unexpected meeting with…

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  10. In a Dark House

    Book 10 2004 4.6 (1.1k)

    Superintendent Duncan Kincaid is called to investigate the shocking death of a woman found burned beyond recognition in a Victorian warehouse in south London.

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  11. Water Like a Stone

    Book 11 2006 4.7 (1.1k)

    When Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid takes Gemma, Kit, and Toby for a holiday visit to his family in Cheshire, Gemma is soon entranced with Nantwich's pretty buildings and the historic winding canal, and young Kit is instantly…

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  12. Where Memories Lie

    Book 12 2008 4.6 (718)

    New York Times best-selling author Deborah Crombie pens suspenseful English mysteries that have drawn favorable comparisons to the best of P. D. James and Ruth Rendell.

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  13. Necessary as Blood

    Book 13 2009 4.6 (747)

    As a brutal killer stalks the innocent of Whitechapel, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James pick up the trail....

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  14. No Mark Upon Her

    Book 14 2011 4.6 (840)

    New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie makes her mark with this absorbing, finely hued tale of suspense—a deeply atmospheric and twisting mystery full of deadly secrets, salacious lies, and unexpected betrayals involving the…

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  15. The Sound of Broken Glass

    Book 15 2013 4.6 (776)

    In the past . . . On a blisteringly hot August afternoon in Crystal Palace, once home to the tragically destroyed Great Exhibition, a solitary thirteen-year-old boy meets his next-door neighbor, a recently widowed young teacher hoping to…

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  16. To Dwell in Darkness

    Book 16 2014 4.5 (786)

    In the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, and P. D. James, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie delivers a powerful tale of intrigue, betrayal, and lies that will plunge married London detectives Duncan Kincaid and…

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  17. Garden of Lamentations

    Book 17 2017 4.5 (866)

    Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing—and deadly—complications for their own lives in this powerful mystery in the bestselling series.

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  18. A Bitter Feast

    Book 18 2019 4.6 (949)

    They are the remarkable creations of a remarkable writer.""—Louise Penny New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie returns with a mesmerizing entry in her “excellent” (Miami Herald)...

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  19. A Killing of Innocents

    Book 19 2023 4.6 (379)

    New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as they must solve the stabbing death of a young woman before panic spreads across London.

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  20. A Long Cold Sleep

    Book 20 Out April 13, 2027

    Read by AudioFile Golden Voice narrator Gerard Doyle When the shocking discovery of a body in Regent’s Canal interrupts a riverboat tour, Metropolitan Police Inspectors Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid are called to investigate in the next…

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Kincaid and James is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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