No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie

A woman's body is found in the Thames.  She was rowing and it turns out that she was a top rower who was a possible participant in the sport at the Olympic level.  Rebecca Meredith is also a police inspector which makes her murder a different proposition as it introduces complexities not always found in other murders.  Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid is chosen to head up the investigation although he is about to go on family leave to be a stay at home parent while his detective wife Gemma goes back to work.

Who could have killed Meredith?  Was it someone from a past investigation who is out for revenge?  Her former husband who is now on the brink of financial collapse after their divorce settlement?  Her former rowing coach who might not be excited to see his former student out-competing his current team?  Someone from work who would be impacted by a recent complaint Rebecca had filed?  Her new lover who was on the canine rescue team which found her body?  Any of these individuals are a possible suspect.

As Kincaid starts to investigate, he learns more about Rebecca.  She is a driven woman who will sacrifice herself to gain her goals.  What does that mean about the internal complaint at work?  Will she sacrifice her career to gain satisfaction?  What does it mean to the men in her life, who know that they will always come second to her ambition?  Soon another crime occurs; the workshop/home of the man on the canine team is torched and he is hurt.  Is this a separate crime or is it connected?

This is the fourteenth book in this series.  Much of the action centers around the relationship between Duncan and Gemma and their expanding family.  When it turns out that Gemma has a personal connection to the case, it makes Duncan even more determined to find out what has happened and Gemma uses her resources to work the case from another angle.  The mystery has a satisfactory ending and the reader is left eager to read more about this couple and their work.  This book is recommended for mystery readers.