A review by nonna7
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie

4.0

Around Christmas I like to read a Christmas mystery, but there really aren't that many that are compelling. This is one of them. Duncan & Gemma are spending the week between Christmas and New Year with Duncan's parents, bringing his recently discovered son he had with his ex wife (they divorced while she was still pregnant & she told him the child was her new husband's) and Gemma's son, Toby, by a previous marriage. Gemma is nervous about meeting Duncan's family which is very different from hers. Plus she is more at home in the city than she is in a country setting. She receives a warm welcome from his parents, but almost immediately she and Duncan become enmeshed in an old murder when his sister, Juliet, finds the body of a baby in an old barn. Juliet has always like to build and repair things & has started a building business. Juliet is also having serious marital problems. Her husband has accused her of sleeping with his partner, Piers. Duncan's family home is in an area that is laced with canals and the history of canal boats is an important feature here. There are a number of different story lines here that come together in a startling conclusion. This is one of my favorites in this series.