Deborah Crombie

Deborah Crombie
Deborah Crombie
Crombie in London, 2022.
BornDeborah Darden
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Alma materAustin College
GenreMystery
Notable worksDreaming of the Bones
Notable awards
  • Macavity Award, 1998, 2009
  • New York Times Book of the Year, 1997
Website
deborahcrombie.com

Deborah Crombie (née Darden) is an American author of the Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James mystery series set in the United Kingdom.[1] Crombie was raised in Richardson, Texas, and has lived in the United Kingdom.[2] She now lives in McKinney, Texas.

Crombie studied biology at Austin College[3] and was a writing student of Warren Norwood at Tarrant County College.

Bibliography

Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James series

  • A Share in Death (1993; ISBN 978-0-425-14197-7)
  • All Shall be Well (1994; ISBN 978-0-684-19654-1)
  • Leave the Grave Green (1995; ISBN 978-0-684-19770-8)
  • Mourn Not Your Dead (1996; ISBN 978-0-684-80131-5)
  • Dreaming of the Bones (1997; ISBN 978-0-684-80141-4)
  • Kissed a Sad Goodbye (1999; ISBN 978-0-553-10943-6)
  • A Finer End (2001; ISBN 978-0-553-10956-6)
  • And Justice There is None (2002; ISBN 978-0-553-10973-3)
  • Now May You Weep (2003; ISBN 978-0-06-052523-1)
  • In a Dark House (2005; ISBN 978-1-4050-3441-8)
  • Water Like a Stone (2007; ISBN 978-0-06-052527-9)
  • Where Memories Lie (2008; ISBN 978-0-06-128751-0)
  • Necessary as Blood (2009; ISBN 978-0-06-128753-4)
  • "Nocturne" (2012; short story, limited-edition e-book)[4]
  • No Mark upon Her (2012; ISBN 978-0-06-199061-8)
  • The Sound of Broken Glass (2013; ISBN 978-0-06-199063-2)
  • To Dwell in Darkness (2014; ISBN 978-0-06-227160-0)
  • Garden of Lamentations (2017; ISBN 978-006227163-1)[5]
  • A Bitter Feast (2019; ISBN 9780062986788)
  • A Killing of Innocents (2023; ISBN 978-0062993397)

References

  1. ^ Donoghue, Steve (17 January 2012). "Book review: 'No Mark Upon Her' by Deborah Crombie". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Biography". Deborah Crombie website. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ page 55, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5
  4. ^ "Nocturne with Bonus Material". OverDrive. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  5. ^ "The Books".
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