Book description
A Peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale; two glue-sniffing
young thugs are breaking into homes and robbing people; an old woman may
or may not have been murdered. Investigating these cases is Detective
Chief Inspector Alan Banks, a perceptive, curious and compassionate
policeman recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape
the stress of city life. In addition to all this, Banks has to deal with
the local feminists and his attraction to a young psychologist, Jenny
Fuller. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks's wife, Sandra, are
drawn deeper into the events. The cases weave together as the story
reaches a tense and surprising climax. 'The novels of Peter Robinson are
chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art' DENNIS LEHANE 'If you
haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a
crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for
those twists - they'll get you every time' IAN RANKIN Peter
Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now lives in Canada. He has written
fifteen Inspector Banks novels, the most recent of which is
Strange Affair
. The critically acclaimed, bestselling series has won numerous awards
in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe.
