When Duncan Kincaid's downstairs neighbor dies, it might be natural (she has terminal cancer). It might be suicide. Or, as Duncan suspects, it might be murder. But who would murder a dying woman -- and why?

In this second volume of the series, we get to see a little more of Gemma, which is nice. I thought the investigation moved rather slowly, but it might just be the format (I listened to the audiobook). I guessed "whodunit?" before the solution was revealed, but not the motive behind it. Everything came together in a satisfactory manner. This is shaping up to be a solid series; I'll keep reading. ( )

La muerte durante el sueño de Jasmine Dent, aquejada de un cáncer incurable, no extraña a nadie, hasta que su vecino de escalera, el comisario de Scotland Yard, Duncak Kincaid, intuye por ciertos indicios desconcertantes que su fallecimiento no ha sido causado por la enfermedad y ordena una autopsia. El diagnóstico es claro: muerte por sobredosis de morfina. ¿Suicidio o asesinato? Asesinato. El hallazgo del diario íntimo de Jasmine, iniciado en la India, donde su padre estaba destinado, cuando sólo tenía diez años, y el testimonio de las personas que se movían a su alrededor, en el presente y en el pasado, constituirán para Kincaid y su ayudante, Gemma James, el punto de partida de una laboriosa investigación que pondrá en evidencia los designios ocultos, las ambigüedades, las desalmadas ambiciones y también la bondad de unos seres humanos.

I read a fair amount of novels and I want to share that this one contains one of the saddest and most miserable cast of characters and circumstances that I have read. And I have read Russian and Japanese novels!!! Seriously, all of this is so depressing and just sorrows on every page. Every single character is unhappy. The happiest character is a black cat whose owner has just died and for the most part he is left alone all day and night to hope someone feeds him.

Yikes. ( )

Duncan Kincaid and Jemma James investigate the possible assisted suicide/murder of Jasmine Dent, an almost 50-year-old woman living in the flat just below Duncan Kincaid's flat. He had visited her often. Jasmine spent part of her childhood in India where she lost her mother at the birth of brother Theo and her father when she was 15. She is now terminally ill with lung cancer. Her friends include workmate Meg, the Major who lives below her and was in India at the same time as she was, and home health nurse Felicity. Kincaid must figure out who would want to kill her and why. ( )

Kincaid's neighbor is dispatched by her nurse, who is mother of boy crippled by her negligence years earlier.