- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Constable; New edition edition (22 April 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0094756902
- ISBN-13: 978-0094756908
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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When a seven year old child is abducted from her home by two people posing as social workers the squad of Yorkshire Police hold little hope of finding her alive, as a number of similar incidents resulted in Satanic sacrifices. But a case of murder in the countryside leads to South Africa and a ring of evil. From the author of DRY BONES THAT DREAM.
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When two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at Brenda Scupham's door, her fear of authority leads her to comply meekly with their requests. Even when they say that they must take her seven-year-old daughter Gemma away for tests . . . It is only when they fail to return Gemma the following day that Brenda realises something has gone terribly wrong. Particularly worrying is the calculated manner of the abduction, and the fact that one of the 'social workers' was a woman. For Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks ritual Satanic abuse is a dreadful possibility. At the same time, Banks is investigating a particularly grisly murder at the site of an abandoned mine. Gradually, the leads in the two cases converge, guiding Banks to one of the most truly terrifying villains he will ever meet . . .
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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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.
This book centres around the abduction of a young girl from her mother by two people posing as social workers. It is the mother's fear of authority that to leads her to comply with their request to take the young girl away for tests. It is only when they fail to return the seven-year-old that the mother realises that she has made an awful mistake. For all those involved in the case it brings back dreadful memories of the Moors Murders. DCI Banks is also investigating a particularly gruesome murder at an abandoned mine and gradually the clues in the two cases begin to converge . . .
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.
This book centres around the abduction of a young girl from her mother by two people posing as social workers. It is the mother's fear of authority that to leads her to comply with their request to take the young girl away for tests. It is only when they fail to return the seven-year-old that the mother realises that she has made an awful mistake. For all those involved in the case it brings back dreadful memories of the Moors Murders. DCI Banks is also investigating a particularly gruesome murder at an abandoned mine and gradually the clues in the two cases begin to converge . . .
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I have only just discovered Peter Robinson and am now enjoying reading his books as far as possible in order. I don't agree with the reviewer who said the books can be read as stand alone novels; Peter Robinson has an extremely subtle touch in developing the characterisation of Banks's wife, family and colleagues, which I think one misses if one reads them out of order.
It pains me to say (as I think they're so good) that this one is not one of his best - I did not feel the same eagerness to learn the outcome as I have with some of his other novels and the ending felt too much like he felt he had to tie all the ends up neatly. Having said that it was also ambiguous ( I'm trying not to give the ending away!) and I would have liked further info............... you'll see what I mean when you read it.) Still Robinson is so good that even a less than perfect example of his work is still streets ahead - a really classy guy!
It pains me to say (as I think they're so good) that this one is not one of his best - I did not feel the same eagerness to learn the outcome as I have with some of his other novels and the ending felt too much like he felt he had to tie all the ends up neatly. Having said that it was also ambiguous ( I'm trying not to give the ending away!) and I would have liked further info............... you'll see what I mean when you read it.) Still Robinson is so good that even a less than perfect example of his work is still streets ahead - a really classy guy!
37 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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Wednesday's Child is a well written and thought provoking crime thriller surrounding the disappearance of a 7 year old girl and the subsequent aftermath. Peter Robinson brings the reader into the world of Alan Banks with ease and early into the book a sense of familiarity of the detective is gained. Robinson brings the reader face to face with the different aspects of the investigation without needless description and it is a pleasurable and thrilling read. His characterisation of the fear of those involved is well documented and gives the reader a real sense of the growing panic and despair of this crime.
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