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by Peter Robinson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (7 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330482181
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330482189
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.9 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,966 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Robinson is steadily ascending toward the pinnacle of crime fiction.' Publishers Weekly; 'Atmospheric... distinguished by a deep understanding of human nature and its foibles.' Time Out

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'If you haven't caught up with Peter Robinson already, now is the time to start.' - "Independent Sunday". One foggy night, Deborah Harrison is found lying in the churchyard behind St Mary's, Eastvale. She has been strangled with the strap of her own school satchel. But Deborah was no typical sixteen-year-old. Her father was a powerful financier who moved in the highest echelons of industry, defence and classified information. And Deborah, it seemed, enjoyed keeping secrets of her own...With his colleague Detective Constable Susan Gray, Inspector Alan Banks moves among the many suspects, guilty of crimes large and small. And as he does so, plenty of sordid secrets and some deadly lies begin to emerge...'The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling evocative, deeply nuanced works of art'. - Dennis Lehane.

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4.0 out of 5 stars English Henning Mankell, 14 Jun 2003
By Stuart Rickards "bravestui" (Schermbeck) - See all my reviews
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I have never read anything from Peter Robinson before and was looking for a book to read on the beach. I have already exhausted what Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender has to offer so I thought I would try another detective in Peter Robinsons Ian Banks. I was not dissapointed! The book grips you and keeps you interested. Like Mankell it has no big city glamour or a dashing hero so it has a more believable feel to it. And like all good detective mysteries it keeps you guessing. I still prefer Henning Mankell's writing but whilst I am waiting for his next one I have a more than worthy substitute to be getting on with.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Where The Series REALLY Grows Up!, 11 Jul 2007
By Kevan James "yeskev" - See all my reviews
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I love Peter Robinson's Banks stories and going back to read them again one after the other really lets you see the development. For me this is the book where the series goes from quite polite thrillers to big meaty thrillers. This is acheived by having two stories running together - the Alan Banks story line, where he's investigating the murder, and the story through the eyes of the man accused with the crime. Excellent stuff!!
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Gripping Tale from the Author, 3 Jun 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Graves (Mass Market Paperback)

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and in 2002 he won the CWA Dagger in the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand and because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.

Having said that I can understand to a degree why some readers may not like the books. Banks is a character that has grown over several books and the author is very comfortable not only with the character of Banks, but all the other character too. To me this makes the stories flow because the author instinctively knows how his characters are going to react in certain situations. The books are produced as a series and it is nice if you can read them all in the order they were written, but this is by no means compulsory as each book stands alone. They are what I would call `light' reading. By that I mean that they flow and not that they are third rate in any sense, in fact quite the opposite.

As murders go the strangling of a teenage girls with the strap of her own school satchel was nothing out of the ordinary for Inspector Banks. It just seemed that much more brutal in a quiet Yorkshire village than it would have done on the streets of central London where human beings didn't seem to care too much what they did to one another.

Deborah Harrison had been found in the local church yard one foggy night, but she was no ordinary sixteen-year-old, her father was an extremely powerful man who mixed in the highest orders of industry, defence and information of a classified nature. Even poor Deborah seemed to have her own secrets.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Robinson goes from strength to strength
Since I gave a favourable review to the first of the Banks series, Gallows View, I have read nearly all of the rest of the books in the series. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars "Are you saying you still don't think he did it, sir?"
If you are familiar with the Inspector Banks novels, get ready for a noticeable change in the usual flow of the story. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Sebastian Fernandez

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it
To me this is how a good crime story should be done, its not trying to be pretentious, it doesn't lose itself up its own bottom, its main character is believable, likeable and has... Read more
Published 22 months ago by kimmy

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Inspector Banks so far
I found Innocent Graves to be an excellent, gripping read. Having read each book in this series from Gallows View onwards I believe this one to be the best. Recommended.
Published on 28 Feb 2006 by I. H. Robinson

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