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Blood at the Root (Inspector Banks Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Peter Robinson (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; Reprint edition (Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380794764
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380794768
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 134,674 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When the body of a young man is found stomped to death, Detective Chief Inspector Banks believes that he has an open-and-shut case, but he soon finds himself thrust into a violent maelstrom of hate, greed, and twisted neo-Nazi philosophy.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A Very Fine Mystery, 27 Feb 2006
This review is from: Dead Right: An Inspector Banks Mystery (Paperback)
It started slow but eventually picked up speed. DCI Alan Banks and DC Susan Gray are mired what seems to be a racially motivated murder. The brutally beaten victim is a member of a neo-Nazi group and three Pakistanis had an altercation with the victim in the local pub before he died. As Banks and Gray explore the neo-Nazi group in Eastvale and Leeds, their social lives take divergent paths. While Banks and his wife are growing apart, ultimately leading to separation, Susan Gray is starting to date again. With his love of classical music and devotion to work, Banks is a ubiquitous, amiable character.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Difficult One for Banks, 3 Jun 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Right: An Inspector Banks Mystery (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.

A young man has been kicked to death in a filthy alleyway. The victim is a known racist and at first it looks like the result of a pub fight gone wrong, until that is Banks learns that Jason Fox, the victim was a member of a white power organization known as the Albion League. Fox was bound to have enemies but who hated him enough to kill him? The young Pakistanis he had insulted in the pub earlier? Shady friends of his business partner, mark Wood? Someone who resented the teenager's growing power in a brutal and unforgiving organization? One thing is for sure Banks is not going to be short of suspects . . .
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant Inspector Banks investigation, 18 Nov 2001
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This review is from: Dead Right: An Inspector Banks Mystery (Paperback)
Once again another brilliant Inspector Banks investigation. You get to know Inspector Bank's personality through the books and learn about his life and Yorkshire countryside where the books are based. The crime is never straighforward and try as you might you will not know the outcome until the last few pages. Once again I could not put the book down
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dead Right
BE WARNED!!! This is the same book as Dead Right under a different name, so if you already have Dead Right don't waste your money buying this.
Published 8 months ago by Jil

2.0 out of 5 stars For a Banks novice, patronising and slow moving..

I don't need to be told that neo nazis are sickening, they just are. If I didn't happen to believe that anyway, I'd hardly change my mind on the basis of a throw away crime... Read more
Published 10 months ago by B. H. Whitehouse

5.0 out of 5 stars A Difficult One for Banks
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dead Right
I have read every book about Inspector Banks and l can honestly say that l really enjoyed every single one from Peter Robinson, l am now waiting for his new one, so Peter, please... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2003 by Mrs. B. Devlin

4.0 out of 5 stars A really enjoyable read
To all fans of Inspector Rebus this will be a good book. While Banks differs from Rebus in a number of ways Robinson has the same ability to hook you into the characters. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars A good realistic police procedural
A good police procedural about the murder of a neo-nazi. Was he killed by the non-white people he despised, or by his compatriots? Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2000 by jpalme@dsv.su.se

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a series that keeps getting better
Robinson has really let his characters loose in Blood At the Root. At every turn, he and Susan Gay find themselves questioning themselves, their relationships and their... Read more
Published on 26 Jul 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced and intelligent
I had never read any of Peter Robinson's previous books and didn't really know what to expect. Well there were really 'No worries'. Read more
Published on 17 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This series gets finer and finer; his best book yet
In Eastvale, England Sandra and Alan Banks were more and more going their own way. Before Alan, a Detective Chief Inspector, can sort his feelings, he finds himself investigating... Read more
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