Reviews

And Justice There Is None by Deborah Crombie

naluju's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Found family, chain reactions through the years leading to murder

naluju's review against another edition

Wanting to read a print copy instead of audio. 

alidottie's review against another edition

4.0

One of the better stories in the series for me. I find myself wanting someone to take these characters and make a tv series!

melissa_who_reads's review against another edition

5.0

Really enjoyed this one a lot. The intertwining of the new family life Duncan and Gemma are building together with the long ramifications of multiple families' disfunction in the murder plot worked very well.

robinwalter's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

A huge improvement over the previous instalment, I am nonetheless growing weary of the dual-timeline approach. I would love it if the series reverts to crimes in the here and now. On the positive side, the personal deverlopments in the the Kincaid/James family were welcome, even if one element was telegraphed very early on

jimmacsyr's review

4.0

Interesting story line and flashbacks.

pr727's review against another edition

3.0

I've read the books in order and have detected a pattern in that, rather suddenly, connections, history, motivations are introduced for a character largely ignored up to the point and voila we have the culprit.

nixieknox's review against another edition

3.0

While I understood where the past and present were converging, I did not see the ending coming. I'm glad Gemma and Duncan seem settled, tragedy notwithstanding. I look forward to learning more about Hazel in the next book.

kit_moonstar's review against another edition

3.0

So, this was a good read, but there was a sense of dread for me throughout the whole book. Crombie is the sort of author who will let you get attached to a character for half a book and then kill them off. Plus she never seems to go more than a book or so before shaking things up for Gemma and Duncan, so I just knew something terrible was going to happen, and I was right. Spoilers ahead:

Spoiler

Gemma ends up losing the baby.

That put a bit of a damper on the story for me, both with what happens and just the sense of dread while I read. I don’t mind tension in my story, but it’s not fun dreading what might happen with every turn of the page.

But other than that, this was an excellent installment of the series. The mystery itself was interesting. One of the things that Crombie often does in these novels in weave in flashbacks to past events that have bearing on the current plot. Sometimes this works well and sometimes it doesn’t, but this time it was quite compelling. I also really enjoyed the way Gemma and Duncan’s relationship continues to evolve. They’re definitely having growing pains, but I like the fact that their relationship isn’t stagnant nor are we stuck in some sort of will they won’t they cycle. The mysteries themselves have been hit or miss at times for me in this series, but the relationships are what really keep me reading. Four out of five stars.

git_r_read's review against another edition

5.0

Great series!!