- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company (Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060544333
- ISBN-13: 978-0060544331
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 859,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'a gritty, well-constructed thriller with a tantalizingly laid trail of clues, which leads Banks into a progressively darker world.'
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"'The Banks novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market' Stephen King"
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read all Inspector Banks books and I was truly afraid Peter Robinson had lost the "touch" with his last book, "Playing With Fire", witch I consider not to be one of his best. However, with "Strange Affair" he is back again better than ever and I will rate it among his best three along with "Past Reason Hated" and "Aftermath". The story is gripping and the theme is up to date. Once started I could not put the book down and finished it the same day - A real page turner!
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think the Banks books have now got past the stage where you can say such and such a book is "better" or not. They deserve to be taken as a whole - in my opinion, as one of the great series of all detective fiction. Banks has grown, aged and become more serious and more complicated - and so have the puzzles he is faced with. I would recommend new readers not to start with this book - if you have the time, go back to the beginning with Gallows View and proceed from there. The plotting and characterisation in these books seem to me to outrank Ian Rankin and P.D.James - often claimed as reference points - and are well in advance of any other British writer within my experience. The only similarly compelling series I can think of is being produced by Michael Connelly with the Bosch canon, also highly recommended.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
First of all I should like to warn prospective readers of this fine book that you should read some of his earlier books first because this novel will spoil the plots...
I really like the Banks books but this is rather naughty of Mr Robinson to be so indulgent with his other books. Not all of us read these books in the order they were published.
So I warn you read these two first:
Dead Right
and
A Dedicated Man
A couple of other points... it is getting a little tiresome having detectives whose family and friends are the subject of the crime.
This book deals with some pretty horrendous subjects so it is not for the squeamish. OK Banks has had some real baddies to deal with but this one is especially nasty.
Finally, why oh why have they not made Banks novels into TV dramas?
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Come on get on with it
Simple plot with a few twists and including the topical issue of trafficking. Slow at times but momentum improved over time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Germilken
my brothers keeper or a family affair
Inspector banks gets a call for help from his brother . He heads off to London and gets caught up in a web of murder and trafficking of prostitutes. Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Browne
Strange indeed
This was not a comfortable read. In addition to exploring the issue of the illegal trade in prostitutes from Eastern Europe the relationship between Banks and his brother Roy was... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by Jane Baker
Enjoyable
This was my first book by this author but will probably not be my last. Easy to read, (I read it in a couple of days) and very intriguing. An enjoyable, clever mystery.
Published on 22 Aug 2008 by crime reader
Crime Writing at its Very Best
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of thirteen previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by J. Chippindale
Nice development of a familiar character
I've read a number of Peter Robinson books, and enjoy them as relaxation if finding them a little bit lightweight. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2006 by lmhh
Stilll gripping but getting slack
In the world of the crime novel, it's always worrying when the detective hero becomes the subject of the crime. It's usually a sign that the author is running out of ideas. Read more
Published on 10 April 2006 by Mr. Stephen Edwards
very disappointing
Being always on the watch for entertaining crime novels, I was lured by the blurb and by the other reviewers into reading this book. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2005
Strange Affair, Peter Robinson
Very good. Not the greatest Banks novel ever, but well up to standard. Banks gets more interesting with every single book, and the background re his relationship with his brother... Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2005 by RachelWalker
Another winner in the Inspector Banks Series!
This installment of the series opens with Inspector banks receving a mysterious phone call from his brother in London. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2005 by John Redbone
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