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His fans include Stephen King, Michael Connelly, TessGerritsen, Ian Rankin, and Louise Penney. He has won acclaim and numerousinternational prizes and awards, including the Edgar. Now celebrated New York Times bestselling author PeterRobinson, one of the greatest suspense writers of our time, demonstrates hismastery once again in this powerful mystery in which legendary detectivesuperintendent Alan Banks is confronted with a pair of perplexing crimes.Two suspicious deaths challenge DS Alan Banks and his crackinvestigative team.The body of an attractive young woman dressed in eveningattire is found in an abandoned car on a country road. The death looks likesuicide, but there are too many open questions for Banks and his team to ruleout foul play. The car didn’t belong to her—it was badly damaged in an accidentinvolving the vehicle’s owner a week earlier in the same spot. So how did thedead girl get inside the car? Did someone place her there, and if so, why?Where—and when—did she die?While Banks attends the postmortem, DI Annie Cabot is at thescene of another death. A well-dressed man in his sixties has been found in agully high up on the wild moorland. His injuries were fatal and consistent withthose sustained in a fall. Was it an accident—did the man get too close to theedge and slip? Was he pushed? The man was wearing an expensive suit. What washe doing in a rocky spot popular with hikers? There are no signs of a vehiclenear where he fell. How did he get there?Banks’s and Cabot’s cases share a few curious similarities. Bothof the dead were found in the same area of the moorlands. Both were elegantlydressed. The timing of their deaths coincided. And neither carriedidentification. As the police uncover who these people were and begin to look intotheir lives, inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries surrounding the twocases proliferate. Then a source close to Annie reveals a piece of informationthat rocks the Eastvale detectives working both investigations. An old enemyhas returned in a new guise—a nefarious foe who will stop at nothing, not evenmurder, to get what he wants. With the stakes raised, the hunt is on. But will Banks andhis crack squad be able to find the evidence to stop him in time? Read more
| ASIN | B078W7JDVX |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0062847485 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.6 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 320 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Book 25 of 28 | Inspector Banks |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | February 12, 2019 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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