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Deborah Crombie discusses "As Necessary as Blood"

Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
From: Steven Nester
Length: 00:29:50

A native of North Texas, Deborah Crombie is busy writing her fourteenth Kincaid/James novel. Read the full description.
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Once the haunt of Jack the Ripper, London's East End is a vibrant mix of history and the avant-garde, a place where elegant Georgian town houses exist side by side with colorful street markets and the hippest clubs. But here races and cultures still clash, and the trendy galleries and glamorous nightlife of Whitechapel disguise a violent and seedy underside, where unthinkable crimes bring terror to the innocent.
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But just as the case grows more dangerous, a personal issue threatens to throw Gemma and Duncan off the trail. In the end, it is up to them to stop a vicious killer and protect the child whose fate hangs in the balance.