Strange Affair
$22.78
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I’m wrong’ - Stephen King
When Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales to seek him out amidst the bright lights of London. But Roy seems to have vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale, where a young woman has been found dead in her car. In the victim’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035070961 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035070960 |
| Author: | Peter Robinson |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 202mm |
| Series: | The Inspector Banks series |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Top-notch police procedure – Jeffery Deaver
An addictive crime-novel series * The New York Times *
Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can’t … A considerable achievement * The Guardian *
One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series * The Independent *
The master of police procedural * The Mail on Sunday *
Near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers’ league * The Times *
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson is the author of twenty-four books in the number one bestselling DCI Banks series, as well as two collections of short stories and three standalone novels, including the number one bestseller Before The Poison. His 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’s DCI Banks was adapted into a major ITV1 drama by Left Bank productions. Stephen Tompkinson played Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe played DI Annie Cabbot.
His standalone novel Before the Poison won the IMBA’s 2013 Dilys Award and the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter’s sixth Arthur Ellis award.
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire and lived between Richmond and Canada. He died in October 2022.
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