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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780380794775
ISBN: 0380794772
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: July 01, 2000
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: July 03, 2000
Sales Rank: 29234
Studio: Avon
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Product Description:
In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a killer who has escaped detection for half a century. Because the dark secret of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman even though the town that bred then has died—and long after its former residents have been scattered to far places . . . or themselves to the grave.
From an acknowledged master writing at the peak of his storytelling powers comes a powerful, insightful, evocative, and searingly suspenseful novel of past crimes and present evil.
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Detective chief inspector Alan Banks is a walking midlife crisis, full of rage because of his recently failed marriage, a career crippled by a jealous superior, and problems with his son. In less skilled hands, Banks could have quickly become a royal pain, but Robinson makes him instead a very likable character, who is slightly baffled and bemused by his bad luck. When he criticizes his son Brian's decision to drop out of college to become a rock musician, Banks quickly regrets it--recognizing the same impulses that made him rebel against his own parents, and some of the pain he felt when a college friend died of a drug overdose. The realization that Brian's heavy-metal band is actually quite good brings genuine pleasure to a man whose idea of rock is Love's Forever Changes and other 1970s delights.
Banks is assigned to work on a case that the Yorkshire police department considers to be somewhat of a joke. The skeleton of a woman wrapped in World War II blackout curtains has been found in a dried-out reservoir. This man-made watering hole was a village--Hobbs End--that had been flooded many years earlier. Through the journal of a major player we realize early on who the dead woman is, but a large part of the fun is watching Banks and an edgy, attractive female cop put the pieces of the puzzle together. In a Dry Season is a stylish and gently reflective tale of secrets and lies.
Banks's other books include Wednesday's Child, Final Account, and Blood at the Root. --Dick Adler
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Det. Alan Banks and his assistant, DC Annie Cabbot, are investigating the discovery of a skeleton lying beneath a dried-up reservoir in the Dales of Yorkshire. It turns out that the woman was murdered during WWII, making it all the more difficult to find her killer. The mystery part of the book works very well. However, Det. Banks's problems with his wife and son do not. Also, the amount of time spent discussing his CD collection is annoying. But it is easy enough to skip over these parts. ... Read More
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This book was a wonderful read! I read it for a book club and only had four days to read it in. It turned out that that wouldn't be a problem, as the book was so good, I had trouble putting it down! If you like to analyze and solve mysteries, this is a must-read!
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A drought dries up a reservoir that was the Yorkshire hamlet of Hobb's End, leading to the discovery of human skeletal remains. Having been relegated to desk duty for insubordination, DCI Alan Banks is assigned what is assumed to be a dead-end case as further punishment. It is soon determined, however, that the skeleton is that of a murder victim. With his partner, DS Annie Cabbot, he must dig deeply into the past, the England of WWII, if he's to solve this crime. Told in alternating voices, ... Read More
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Peter Robinson is a grand storyteller, and in this, his tenth book in the Inspector Banks series, he is darn near the top of his form. After World War II the hamlet of Hobb's End had been abandoned and flooded over beneath a reservoir. Now in a severe drought, a dry season, the village reappears revealing the long-buried skeleton of a murdered young woman. This discovery provides the story's hook.
Robinson again uses alternating chapters with different narrators to move the tale along. We ... Read More
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Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of thirteen 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.
Many ... Read More
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