Book description
In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch
fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of
accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are
summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is
left, and human remains have been found on both boats.
The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the
intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a
drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the
mysterious, lonely artist?
As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are
acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted
step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend . . .
Then the arsonist strikes again, and Banks's powers of investigation
are tested to the limit . . . Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and
now lives in Canada. PLAYING WITH FIRE is the fourteenth novel in his
best-selling Inspector Banks series.
