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Piece of My Heart: A Novel of Suspense
Amazon.com — nostalgic but sloppy Although this book has some definite strengths, it is also seriously flawed. As one who was in college in the 60's, I found the hippie scene portrayed in the 1969 murder to be captivating and nostalgic. I still love the music ...More…
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Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Mystery
Amazon.com — An excellent piece of work The novel just before this one in the DCI Alan Banks series, _The Hanging Valley_, was pretty lackluster, but Robinson springs back in this one with a major winner. A young woman is found murdered in her own parlor by her ...More…
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Caedmon's Song
Amazon.com — Stunning. I didn't want to believe that the theme of this book was "Monster Begets Monster" but that's exactly what it is, to me. The book is most certainly about a serial killer, but with none of the usual intrusion of police ...More…
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A Necessary End
Amazon.com — Third Book in What Turns Out to be a Wonderful Series Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and in ...More…
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Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Peter Robinson is an English-born Canadian mystery writer whose work has been popular on both sides of the Atlantic. His novels featuring Yorkshire policeman Alan Banks include Gallow's View, Wednesday's Child, Blood at the Root, ...More…
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In a Dry Season
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Detective chief inspector Alan Banks is a walking midlife crisis, full of rage because of his recently failed marriage, a career crippled by a jealous superior, and problems with his son. In less skilled hands, Banks could have quickly ...More…
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Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Mystery
Amazon.com — An excellent piece of work The novel just before this one in the DCI Alan Banks series, _The Hanging Valley_, was pretty lackluster, but Robinson springs back in this one with a major winner. A young woman is found murdered in her own parlor by her ...More…
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Cold Is the Grave: A Novel of Suspense
Amazon.com — New discovery for me and worth beginning at the beginning This is the first of this author's British police procedurals I've read (on a friend's recommendation), but it won't be the last. Alan Banks is a DCI of working class origins who ...More…
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Aftermath: A Novel of Suspense
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Penzler Pick, October 2001: The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) are of increasing power and intensified intelligence. It's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin ...More…
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Hanging Valley: An Inspector Banks Novel
Amazon.com — Typical Robinson Mystery ...And by that I don't mean that typical is bad. This is a good book, just average for Robinson. It unfolds in typical manner -- a body is found, a bunch of people at the local pub are all suspects, the killer aint who you ...More…
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Aftermath: A Novel of Suspense
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Penzler Pick, October 2001: The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) are of increasing power and intensified intelligence. It's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin ...More…
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Blood at the Root (An Inspector Banks Mystery)
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review There's a deliberate lack of excessive angst and glamour in Peter Robinson's books about Inspector Alan Banks and his fellow Yorkshire coppers, so first-time readers might think them bland. But under the books' placid ...More…