Abattoir Blues: DCI Banks 22 - Hardcover

Peter Robinson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444704966 ISBN 13: 9781444704969

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014

Synopsis

As Inspector Banks and his team scramble for answers, the inquiry takes an even darker turn when a truck careens off an icy road in a freak hailstorm. In the wreckage, rescuers find the driver, who was killed on impact, as well as another corpse . . . that of someone who was dead well before the crash. Snow falls. The body count rises. And Banks, perceptive and curious as ever, feels himself being drawn deeper into a web of crime . . . and at its center something-or someone-dark and dangerous lying in wait.

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About the Author

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. There are twenty-two books in the bestselling DCI Banks series - the critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. Peter Robinson's DCI Banks is now a major ITV1 drama by Left Bank productions. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) plays Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) plays DI Annie Cabbot. The first series aired in Autumn 2011 with an adaptation of FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, the second in Autumn 2012, and the third airs in February 2014. Peter's recent standalone novel BEFORE THE POISON won the IMBA's 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award. Peter keeps a website at www.inspectorbanks.com.

Review

It's always cause for celebration when a new Peter Robinson arrives, and this latest Inspector Banks is wonderful. Brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced, it gathers speed and dread until I could barely stand it. Peter Robinson writes with compassion, with depth, with the assurance of a writer at the top of his game and rewards us with a truly heart-pounding finale. All who adore great writing, and Inspector Banks, will find this a thrilling read. * Louise Penny, author of THE LONG WAY HOME * A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction. * Bella Magazine * As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end. * Choice * A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction. * Bella Magazine * As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end. * Choice * Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation * Observer * It's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision * Independent * [Peter Robinson deserves a place] near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league * The Times * As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end * Choice * A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction * Bella Magazine * Peter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league * The Times * Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation * Observer *

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1444704966
• ISBN 13: 9781444704969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368