The twenty-first novel in Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson's critically acclaimed DCI Banks series.
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. There are twenty-one books in the bestselling Inspector 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 new ITV1 drama by Left Bank productions. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) plays Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) plays DI Annie Cabbot. FRIEND OF THE DEVIL was adapted as a series for ITV and was aired in Autumn 2011. The book was also shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for 2008. Peter's recent standalone novel BEFORE THE POISON won the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award.
Peter keeps a website at www.inspectorbanks.com.
The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best
series on the market
*Stephen King*
Robinson's gift for realistic characterisation is matched by an
authentically realised sense of place; landscape is a crucial
element in his work
*Good Book Guide*
A wonderful, well-written plot with a great twist and strong
characters . . . a page-turning read
*Woman's Way*
Peter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even at the top of,
the British crime writers' league
*The Times*
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