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The thrilling twenty-fifth instalment in Peter Robinson's Number One bestselling DCI BANKS series.
The twenty-fifth instalment of the Number One Bestselling DCI BANKS series
'The master of the police procedural.' Mail on Sunday
'Robinson is prolific, but with each book he manages to ring the changes.' Guardian
*****
The body of a young local student is found on a lonely country road. Initially the evidence points to suicide, yet she didn't own a car and she didn't even drive. So how did she get there, where did she die and who moved her?
Meanwhile, a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the nearby wild moorland. He is carrying no identification. The post-mortem indicates that he died from injuries sustained during the fall, but what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity?
As the trail gets colder, Annie's father's new partner, Zelda, alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old and dangerous enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants.
Peter Robinson has for too long, and unfairly, been in the shadow of Ian Rankin; perhaps PIECE OF MY HEART, the latest in the Chief Inspector Banks series, will give him the status he deserves, near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league. - The Times
Robinson also has a way of undercutting the genre's familiarity. With a deceptively unspectacular language, he sets about the process of unsettling the reader. - Independent
The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong.
Top-notch police procedure.
Peter Robinson's Favourite Villains
The DCI Banks Playlist
Maximum Sentence: Winter Reading Guide
Masterminds | How did you start writing Sleeping in the Ground?
Masterminds | Where do you write?
Masterminds | Literary Fiction vs Crime Fiction
Masterminds | Why crime fiction?
Masterminds | How did your first book get published?
Masterminds | Technology in Crime Novels
Masterminds | Getting it right: The police procedure
Masterminds | Keeping track of the details
Masterminds | Why do people love a crime series?
Watching The Dark - Peter Robinson
Masterminds | How did you start writing Sleeping in the Ground?
Masterminds | Where do you write?
Masterminds | Literary Fiction vs Crime Fiction
Masterminds | Why crime fiction?
Masterminds | How did your first book get published?
Masterminds | Technology in Crime Novels
Masterminds | Getting it right: The police procedure
Masterminds | Keeping track of the details
Masterminds | Why do people love a crime series?
Watching The Dark - Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson's Favourite Villains
The DCI Banks Playlist
Maximum Sentence: Winter Reading Guide