Standing in the Shadows: the FINAL gripping crime novel in the acclaimed DCI Banks crime series
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Standing in the Shadows: the FINAL gripping crime novel in the acclaimed DCI Banks crime series

Standing in the Shadows: the FINAL gripping crime novel in the acclaimed DCI Banks crime series

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Peter Robinson (Author)  

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The brilliant last novel in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.

Late November, 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend Alice has been found murdered Nick is their prime suspect even though Alice had a current boyfriend who appears to be missing and he has own suspicions as to what might have happened. A dig near Scotch Corner unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more recent than the Roman remains the archaeologist is looking for. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in and, as an investigation into the find begins, the past and the present meet with devastating consequences.

'The best mystery-procedural series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' STEPHEN KING. 'The master of the police procedural' MAIL ON SUNDAY.

Peter Robinson's DCI Banks became a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) as Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) as DI Annie Cabbot. Peter's 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. His critically acclaimed DCI Banks novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. In 2020 Peter was made a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada. Peter grew up in Yorkshire, and divided his time between Richmond, UK, and Canada until his death in 2022.
  • Contributor: Peter Robinson
  • Imprint: Hodder Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781529343212
  • Number of Pages: 368
  • Packaged Dimensions: 126x196x28mm
  • Packaged Weight: 257
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Release Date: 2024-01-04
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Peter Robinson's DCI Banks became a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) as Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) as DI Annie Cabbot. Peter's 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. His critically acclaimed DCI Banks novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. In 2020 Peter was made a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada. Peter grew up in Yorkshire, and divided his time between Richmond, UK, and Canada until his death in 2022.

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