A Killing of Innocents: A Novel (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels Book 19)

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James investigate the stabbing death of Sasha Johnson, a trainee doctor found collapsed in Russell Square on a rainy November evening. When Kincaid and his sergeant Doug Cullen arrive at the scene, Kincaid calls in his wife Gemma, who has recently joined a task force focused on the rising number of knife crimes in London. Gemma and her partner, detective sergeant Melody Talbot, join the investigation. Sasha Johnson is an unusual victim for the task force—single, successful, and career-driven, with no history of abusive relationships or gang connections. However, the detectives discover that Sasha had secrets, some of which lead them uncomfortably close to home. As the team investigates the victim's connections, a second murder occurs, raising the stakes. Kincaid, Gemma, and their colleagues must pursue the killer through the streets of Bloomsbury, even at the cost of their friendships.