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Wednesday's Child (An Inspector Banks Mystery) (Paperback)

by Peter Robinson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (4 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 033048219X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330482196
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.1 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,906 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'It would be easy to become addicted to Robinson' - "Observer". 'One of the grand masters of the genre' - "Literary Review". 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 realizes something has gone terribly wrong. At the same time, Banks is investigating a particularly unpleasant 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 criminals he will ever meet...

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Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire but now spends most of his time in Canada. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada.

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written absorbing crime thriller, 6 Jul 2001
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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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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars At his best, 12 May 2007
By Robert P. Splaine "mrbobsltd" (pattaya) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wednesday's Child (Audio Cassette)
I have read all of Peter Robinson's books, and have no doubt in voting this one the best he has written, but also the most gruesome, and what an ending, l am not giving anything away, but l didn't see it coming.
I eagerly await, Friend of the Devil. I have enjoyed all of Peter's books
and if you like a good read, that will keep you glued to a book, and easy to read,...that is my main theme, EASY TO READ.
I saw the adverse review, and had to have my say on Mr Robinson.
He is on the top shelf, with Martina, Stuart MacBride, Minette, Mandasue Heller. If you only read 1 of his books let this be the one, he cant get better.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Seventh Book in the Series, 24 May 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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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 . . .
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I came across Peter Robinson's books by chance and have enjoyed following Inspector Banks' journey, this book was full of twists and touched on a very taboo subject without making... Read more
Published 4 hours ago by Chellebelle

5.0 out of 5 stars Another good story!
I'm only half way through this book right now, but it is a really good story, it seems to have gone up a notch in terms of gritty writing since the last book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lisa Allen

4.0 out of 5 stars absorbing.....................
I have only just discovered Peter Robinson and am now enjoying reading his books as far as possible in order. Read more
Published 6 months ago by kermit 333

4.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Addition to the DI Banks series
Another worthy addition to the excellent DI Banks series. Robinson pulls off the old trick of starting out with two apparently seperate cases and having them converge at the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. P. A. Rees

5.0 out of 5 stars "Why couldn't they have been real social workers like they said they were?"
Robinson has done it again, delivering a chilling page-turner that I found impossible to put down. Mimicking his last outstanding novel, "Past Reason Hated", the author chose to... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Sebastian Fernandez

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
Wednesday's Child is full of woe, more like Wednesday's Child is simply woeful. The characters in the book are all one dimensional, being almost caricutures as their thoughts,... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2002

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