A Dedicated Man - Peter Robinson - Bog

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ - Stephen King. A dead body. Hidden secrets. Banks will find the truth. The brutally murdered body of a supposedly well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a dry stone wall. But who would kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man? Young Sally Lumb, locked in her lover's arms on the night of the murder, tries to find the killer herself. But her good-intentions only leads to more danger. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks is called to investigate and soon discovers that disturbing secrets lie behind the seemingly untroubled façade . . . From the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes A Dedicated Man , book two in Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks series. The next instalment in the series is A Necessary End. ***** Critical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series, which became the major British ITV crime drama DCI Banks : 'A powerfully moving work . . . watch out for those twists - they'll get you every time' – Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series 'Top-notch police procedure' – Jeffery Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme series 'A wonderful novel' – Michael Connelly, author of the Ballard & Bosch series 'An addictive crime-novel series' – New York Times 'A guaranteed page-turner' – Mirror 'Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement' – Guardian 'One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series' – Independent 'The master of police procedural' – Mail on Sunday 'Near, perhaps, even at the top of, the British crime writers' league' – The Times 'Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man' – Observer Aftermath was a Sunday Times bestseller when it first published in 2001. ...