Part of Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, book 12
First published 2008
Erika Rosenthal has kept her past locked away from her neighbor Detective Inspector Gemma James. The elderly woman fled Nazi Germany with her husband David decades ago, but she has never spoken of what happened after they reached London. Now Erika needs help. A distinctive piece of jewelry stolen from her years earlier has appeared at a high-end London auction house. Erika suspects the theft connects to David's death, which police ruled a suicide. Gemma agrees to investigate, but the cold case must go through official channels and her partner Duncan Kincaid. She enters the closed world of London's wealthy collectors and dealers, searching for the link between the jewelry and David's killer. When someone commits murder in the present day, the investigation accelerates. Gemma becomes determined to deliver justice for Erika, no matter the personal cost of uncovering long-buried secrets.
Genres: historical-fiction, suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cold-case, uncovering-the-past
Setting: London, Germany, England
Period: Decades Ago, Present Day
320 pages · ebook · HarperCollins Publishers
Content warnings: death