Friend of the Devil
The 17th DCI Banks crime novel from The Master of the Police Procedural
$25.32
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2014
Summary
When Karen Drew is found sitting in her wheelchair staring out to sea with her throat cut one chilly morning, DI Annie Cabbot, on loan to Eastern Area, gets lumbered with the case. Back in Eastvale, that same Sunday morning, 19-year-old Hayley Daniels is found raped and strangled in the Maze, a tangle of narrow alleys behind Eastvale’s market square, after a drunken night on the town with a group of friends, and DCI Alan Banks is called in. Banks finds suspects galore, while Annie seems to hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444791969 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444791966 |
| Author: | Peter Robinson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 36mm |
| Series: | DCI Banks |
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Critics Review
It’s neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson’s work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision
If you haven’t encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. - Ian Rankin
It’s neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson’s work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision. - IndependentAbout The Author
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. There are twenty-one 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 TV series, starring Stephen Tompkinson as Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe as DI Annie Cabbot. The first series aired in 2011 with an adaptation of Friend of the Devil. 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.
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