Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his able sergeant, Gemma James, investigate the mysterious death of Kincaid's neighbor, Jasmine Dent, who received a lethal dose of morphine. - (Baker & Taylor)
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. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to a startling conclusion: Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already doomed? As Kincaid and his appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman's strange history, a troubling puzzle emerges: a bizarre amalgam of charity and crime - and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts. - (EBSCOhost)
<p>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. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to a startling conclusion: Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already doomed? </p><p>As Kincaid and his appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman’s strange history, a troubling puzzle emerges: a bizarre amalgam of charity and crime—and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts. </p><blockquote>[It’s the] firm portraits of even minor characters that make this linger in the memory.</blockquote> <center><I>— Kirkus Reviews</I></center><P><P>A Blackstone Audio Inc. production. - (Findaway World Llc)