ISBN: | 9780330456333 |
Publisher: | Pan Books |
Published: | 2 August, 2007 |
Format: | Paperback |
Editions: |
17 other editions
of this product
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- A Necessary End
- Aftermath
- Aftermath
- All the Colours of Darkness
- Cold is the Grave
- Dead Right
- Dry Bones That Dream
- Gallows View
- In a Dry Season
- Innocent Graves
- Past Reason Hated
- Piece of My Heart
- Piece of My Heart: A Novel of Suspense
- Piece of My Heart: A Novel of Suspense
- Playing with Fire
- Playing with Fire (Alan Banks Series)
- Summer That Never Was
- The Hanging Valley
- The Summer That Never Was
- Wednesday's Child
- Wednesday's Child
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 become a royal pain, but Robinson makes him instead a very likable character, who is slightly baffled and bemused by his bad luck. When he criticizes his son Brian's decision to drop out of college to become a rock musician, Banks quickly regrets it--recognizing the same impulses that made him rebel against his own parents, and some of the pain he felt when a college friend died of a drug overdose. The realization that Brian's heavy-metal band is actually quite good brings genuine pleasure to a man whose idea of rock is Love's Forever Changes and other 1970s delights. Banks is assigned to work on a case that the Yorkshire police department considers to be somewhat of a joke. The skeleton of a woman wrapped in World War II blackout curtains has been found in a dried-out reservoir. This man-made watering hole was a village--Hobbs End--that had been flooded many years earlier. Through the journal of a major player we realize early on who the dead woman is, but a large part of the fun is watching Banks and an edgy, attractive female cop put the pieces of the puzzle together. In a Dry Season is a stylish and gently reflective tale of secrets and lies. Banks's other books include Wednesday's Child, Final Account,
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