Synopses & Reviews
Acclaimed internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson delivers a fast-paced, nail-biting thriller in which Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks must face his most challenging and personal case yet
A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to speak to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. But since Banks is away on holiday, his partner, Annie Cabbot, steps in. The woman tells Annie that she's found a loaded gun hidden in the bedroom of her daughter, Erin—a punishable offense under English law. When an armed response team breaks into the house to retrieve the weapon, the seemingly straightforward procedure quickly spirals out of control.
But trouble is only beginning for Annie, the Eastvale force, and Banks, and this time, the fallout may finally do the iconoclastic inspector in. For it turns out that Erin's best friend and roommate is none other than Tracy Banks, the DCI's daughter, who was last seen racing off to warn the owner of the gun, a very bad boy indeed.
Thrust into a complicated and dangerous case intertwining the personal and the professional as never before, Annie and Banks—a bit of a bad boy himself—must risk everything to outsmart a smooth and devious psychopath. Both Annie and Banks understand that it's not just his career hanging in the balance, it's also his daughter's life.
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“Robinson once again achieves the high bar hes set in all his previous Inspector Banks books: gut-wrenching plotting alongside heart-wrenching portraits of the characters who populate his world, not to mention the top-notch police procedure. This one will stay with you for a long time.” Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of Roadside Crosses
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“Excellent characterization and skillful plotting make this an engrossing read.” Library Journal on Bad Boy
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“Youd better buy.” Library Journal on Bad Boy
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“A murderous psychopath presents Alan Banks with the most intensely personal challenge of the maverick detectives storied career. Superbly cinematic from the beginning to the explosive finale, this would be a thrilling movie.” Joseph Wambaugh, New York Times bestselling author of Hollywood Moon
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“Another outstanding crime novel from Robinson.” Booklist (starred review) on Bad Boy
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“A top-notch thriller that further advances Banks development as one of the most intriguing characters in detective fiction….With emotional literacy and inexorable momentum that builds tension to the breaking point, Robinson reaffirms his place in the top cadre of police-procedural writers.” Richmond Times-Dispatch on Bad Boy
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“Bad Boy is very, very good indeed.” Strand magazine on Bad Boy
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“(A) strong entry in a superb series.” Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Bad Boy
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“Entertaining.” Kirkus Reviews on Bad Boy
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“Brilliant! With
Bad Boy, author Robinson once again achieves the high bar hes set in all his previous Inspector Banks books…This one will stay with you for a long time.”
—Jeffery Deaver,
New York Times bestselling author of
Roadside CrossesDetective Chief Inspector Alan Banks faces his most challenging, personal, and terrifying case yet when his own daughter crosses paths with a psychopath, in Peter Robinsons superb Bad Boy. Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island, calls the novels of Peter Robinson, “chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art.” Stephen King calls them, “the best series now on the market.” If you have not yet discovered this New York Times bestselling crime fiction master and his exceptional detective, now is definitely the time.
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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.