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DCI Banks encounters a chilling character from his past in the 17th novel in Peter Robinson's number-one bestselling series.
When Karen Drew is found sitting in her wheelchair staring out to sea with her throat cut one chilly morning, DI Annie Cabbot, on loan to Eastern Area, gets lumbered with the case. Back in Eastvale, that same Sunday morning, 19-year-old Hayley Daniels is found raped and strangled in the Maze, a tangle of narrow alleys behind Eastvale's market square, after a drunken night on the town with a group of friends, and DCI Alan Banks is called in. Banks finds suspects galore, while Annie seems to hit a brick wall - until she reaches a breakthrough that spins her case in a shocking and surprising new direction, one that also involves Banks.
Then another incident occurs in the Maze which seems to link the two cases in a bizarre and mysterious way. As Banks and Annie dig into the past to uncover the deeper connections, they find themselves also dealing with the emotional baggage and personal demons of their own relationship. And it soon becomes clear that there are two killers in their midst, and that at any moment either one might strike again.
If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. - Ian Rankin
It's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision. - Independent
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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