Synopses & Reviews
LOUISE PENNY calls Peter Robinson's new novel In the Dark Places a "thrilling, brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced" read. Available August 11, 2015—preorder your copy today!There are human bones buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five years ago ... and scarred a guilt-ridden friend forever.
A long-hidden horror has been unearthed, dragging a tormented policeman back into a past he could never truly forget no matter how desperately he tried. A heinous crime that occurred too close to home still has its grip on Chief Inspector Alan Banks—and it's leading him into a dark place where evil still dwells. Because the secrets that doomed young Graham Marshall back in 1965 remain alive and lethal—and disturbing them could cost Banks much more than he ever imagined.
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"Like P.D. James, Robinson works on a large, intricately detailed canvas....The plot is richly complex, with lots of forensic science....This satisfying and subtle police procedural has a little bit of everything." Publishers Weekly
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"In light of the slam-bang subtleties of most throwaway thrillers...there is an attractive depth and naturalness....[Close to Home] resembles [Mystic River] in ambition and in pointed contrasts between past and present..." Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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"Robinson unites P.D. James's strengths breadth, ambition, and an olympian penetration into character with some of her equally characteristic weaknesses: a tendency to sprawl and a ritual reluctance to tie all those wonderfully woven threads together." Kirkus Reviews
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"Robinson is as adept at illuminating interior life...as he is in constructing believably odd crime scenarios....Banks fans...will enjoy watching the grizzled veteran get to know his younger self." Keir Graff, Booklist
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"Robinson is his usual brilliant self....[He] again shows himself to be as astute a writer as P.D. James as he examines the myriad faces of guilt." Library Journal
Synopsis
Detective Inspector Alan Banks has never forgotten the death of his best friend in 1965. When the boy's bones are unearthed 35 years later, the skeleton in the detective's closet becomes all too real.
Synopsis
The past returns to haunt Chief Inspector Alan Banks in this harrowing novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson.
There are human bones, buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five-years ago...and scarred a guilt-ridden friend forever...
A long-hidden horror has been unearthed, dragging a tormented policeman into a past he could never truly forget no matter how desperately he tried. A heinous crime that occurred too close to home still has its grip on Chief Inspector Alan Banks--and it's leading him into a dark place where evil still dwells. Because the secrets that doomed young Graham Marshall back in 1965 remain alive and lethal, and disturbing them could cost Banks much more than he ever imagined.
Master of suspense Peter Robinson once again delves into the human psyche to reveal what leads some to commit murder in this compelling, unforgettable thriller.
Synopsis
LOUISE PENNY calls Peter Robinson's new novel In the Dark Places a "thrilling, brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced" read. Available August 11, 2015—preorder your copy today!
About the Author
One of the world's most popular and acclaimed writers, Peter Robinson grew up in the United Kingdom, and now divides his time between Toronto and England. The bestselling, award-winning author of twenty-two books in the Inspector Banks series, he has also written two short-story collections and three standalone novels. Among his many honors and prizes are the Edgar Award, the CWA (UK) Dagger in the Library Award, France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, Sweden's Martin Beck Award, and the Danish Palle Rosenkrantz award.