Book Review: Now May You Weep

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Now May You Weep     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Deborah Crombie
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Cozy   Police Procedural
Series: Kincaid & James # 9
Morrow, Oct 2003, $23.95, 384 pp.

Gemma Jones is taking a mini vacation from Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and their two children. The Detective Inspector assigned to Notting Hill Police Station is traveling with her friend to the bed and breakfast Inner Free in a small village in the Scottish Highlands to take a cooking class. What Gemma didn’t realize is that Hazel was rendezvousing with Donald Brodie, the only man she ever loved, even though she is married to Jim Cavendish and has a child with him.

The group that are at the B&B all have ulterior motives for taking the class and emotions run high. When Gemma takes an early morning walk she stumbles across the body of Donald and finds herself in the middle of a homicide investigation during her vacation. Even though Gemma is out of her jurisdiction, she has a need to solve the case before the killer strikes again.

There are so many suspects who would have liked to see the victim dead, from Brodie’s mistress’s boyfriend to Hazel’s husband, readers come to understand that it is not only the B&B people who are the suspects. NOW MAY YOU WEEP concentrates on Gemma who is able to figure out who the killer is before the person is ready to strike again, but is not sure she can stop another homicide from happening. Deborah Crombie once again delivers a fascinating mystery starring characters who feel like old friends.

Harriet Klausner

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