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Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot must work together to solve two chilling crimes in a stunning new novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson One morning in March, on the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea, a woman named Karen Drew is found in her wheelchair with her throat slit. Back in Eastvale on that same morning, in a tangle of narrow alleys behind a market square, the body of Hayley Daniels is found raped and strangled. Two murders . . . two towns . . . On loan to a sister precinct, Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot draws the first case. Karen Drew seems to have lived a quiet and nearly invisible life for the past seven years. Try as she might, Annie turns up nothing in the woman's past that might have prompted someone to wheel her out to the sea and to her death. Meanwhile, in the Hayley Daniels murder, Chief Inspector Alan Banks has suspects galore. Everywhere she went, the nineteen-year-old student attracted attention. Anyone could have followed her on the night she was out drinking with friends, making sure she never made it back home. Then a breakthrough spins Annie's case in a shocking and surprising new direction, straight toward Banks. Coincidence? Not in Eastvale. Banks and Annie are searching for two killers who might strike again at any moment and with bloody fury. Hardcover, $24.95, ISBN: 9780060544379, 384 pages 
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PRAISE "Inspector Banks. A man for all seasons, he knows that often the clues to the answers he seeks can be found in his own troubled soul." —Michael Connelly "If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists-they'll get you every time." —Ian Rankin "Smart, well-crafted...Robinson makes his way through the parallel stories with masterful confidence. His prose is both textured and easygoing, the mark of a writer who knows his territory. And he contines to assemble casts of characters that stick in the reader's head." —Toronto Star "The characters are beautifully drawn, the frequent conflicts sharply etched." —Kirkus Reviews "Stunning....Readers will be on the edge of their seats." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Robinson once again engages readers with the thoughtful characterizations that make his novels unique." —Library Journal "The 17th Chief Inspector Banks outing is classic Robinson: a labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation." —The Observer (UK)  |
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