All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie

This time the murder takes place in Kincaid's building, so again, he is on the scene of the crime and has a personal interest. This is an interesting switch - these are not the usual police procedurals where the cops are called to the scene and have no personal involvement. On the other hand, Kincaid and Sgt. James follow basic investigative procedures.

As in A Share in Death, there are long buried motives and convoluted and hidden relationships to complicate things. Sgt. James is dealing with personal problems and these color her view of the investigation and the participants. She does get all that cleared up by the end of the story. Kincaid realizes that, although he considered his neighbor a friend, he really didn't know her well at all and questions his own detachment from personal relationships in general.

This time we do actually have a few scenes at Scotland Yard and a meeting with Kincaid's boss. He is definitely a much better sort than, for example, Brunetti's superior in Venice. He gives Kincaid the freedom to investigate the death of his neighbor, Jasmine, although it closely resembles suicide. In the previous book, he even pulls strings to allow Kincaid into the investigation which is not under his jurisdiction.