Necessary as Blood

<p><i>Necessary As Blood </i>is the latest entry in Deborah Crombie's <i>New York Times </i>Notable, Edgar®, Agatha, and Macavity Awards-nominated mystery series featuring Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James. A Texan frequently compared to the masters of British crime fiction - including P.D. James, Martha Grimes, Barbara Vine, and fellow American Elizabeth George - Crombie dazzles once more with <i>Necessary As Blood</i> - a<i> </i>relentlessly suspenseful tale of a vanished mother, a murdered father, and a helpless, endangered child.</p>