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In "And Justice There Is None," Inspector‑in‑training Gemma James takes charge of a brutal murder in fashionable Notting Hill that mirrors an unsolved antiques‑dealer killing. With her former partner, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, reappearing as a roommate, the two must navigate a tangled web of family betrayal and long‑standing grudges that traces back through the city's antique stalls and Portobello Market.
The case pulls them into a relentless chase across London's twisting markets, as old secrets surface and new victims emerge. Gemma’s rising career and Kincaid’s investigative instincts collide, but together they trace a path that leads to a carefully forged vendetta flowing from the past to a lethal present, forcing them to walk a razor‑thin line between justice and retribution.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Deborah Crombie
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