Deborah Crombie
Auteur van A Share in Death
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Deborah Crombie was born in Dallas, Texas on June 6, 1952. She received a degree in biology from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in advertising, as a journalist, and as a manufacturer's representative for theatre concessions. Her first book, A Share toon meer in Death, also became the first book in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novel series. She won the Mystery Readers International Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel for Dreaming of the Bones in 1997 and the Macavity Award for Best Novel for Where Memories Lie in 2009. In 2014 her title, To Dwell in Darkness, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) Deborah Crombie lives with her family in a small North Texas town, where she is at work on the next book in the series, "And Justice There Is None". (Publisher Provided) toon minder
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A Finer End, Book 7 1 exemplaar
Necessary as Blood, Book 13 1 exemplaar
The Sound of Broken Glass, Book 15 1 exemplaar
Where Memories Lie, Book 12 1 exemplaar
Water Like A Stone, Book 11 1 exemplaar
Now May You Weep, Book 9 1 exemplaar
In a Dark House, Book 10 1 exemplaar
And Justice There is None, Book 8 1 exemplaar
A Share in Death, Book 1 1 exemplaar
Kissed a Sad Goodbye, Book 6 1 exemplaar
Dreaming of the Bones, Book 5 1 exemplaar
Mourn Not Your Dead, Book 4 1 exemplaar
All Shall be Well, Book 2 1 exemplaar
Leave the Grave Green, Book 3 1 exemplaar
Geen titel 1 exemplaar
Blackmail? [short story] 1 exemplaar
A Bitter Feast, Book 18 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Crombie, Deborah
- Geboortedatum
- 1952-06-06
- Geslacht
- female
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- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Richardson, Texas, USA
Sherman, Texas, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Chester, England, UK
McKinney, Texas, USA - Opleiding
- Austin College (Biology)
Rice University (Publishing Program) - Beroepen
- mystery writer
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- New York Times Book of the Year
2004 nominated by the Romantic Times for a 2004 Career Achievement Award, Mystery & Suspense series.
2003, Distinguished Alumna by Austin College - Korte biografie
- Deborah Crombie was born and educated in Texas. After living in both England and Scotland, she wrote her first Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid / Sergeant Gemma James novel. A Share in Death [Scribner, 1993], was subsequently given Agatha and Macavity nominations for Best First Novel of 1993. Her fifth novel, Dreaming of the Bones [Scribner, 1997] was given a Edgar award nomination by Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel in 1997. It was a New York Times Book of the Year, and was chosen by the Independent Mystery Booksellers of America as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century.
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Not quite what I was looking for after Ausma Zehanat Khan, but entertaining
Michael Deehy (Narrator)
Fast-paced. Enjoyable story
Fast-paced. Enjoyable story
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What follows presents multiple challenges to Duncan's view of himself and his life, as well as his relationship with Gemma. The past he's digging into contains any number of secrets that the people whose lives overlapped with Vic's and the poet Lydia Brooke's might want to keep suppressed. Fans of the Bloomsbury group in general, and Rupert Brooke in particular, will enjoy the many references to that literary enclave; fans of this series will find plenty to ponder as Duncan's personal life takes a dramatic turn or two. This was good, although the major underlying secret only came to light very near the end, and the conclusion felt a bit convoluted and rushed.… (meer)