Abattoir Blues: DCI Banks 22 - Tapa dura

It's always cause for celebration when a new Peter Robinson arrives, and this latest Inspector Banks is wonderful. Brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced, it gathers speed and dread until I could barely stand it. Peter Robinson writes with compassion, with depth, with the assurance of a writer at the top of his game and rewards us with a truly heart-pounding finale. All who adore great writing, and Inspector Banks, will find this a thrilling read. * Louise Penny, author of THE LONG WAY HOME * A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction. * Bella Magazine * As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end. * Choice * A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction. * Bella Magazine * As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end. * Choice * Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation * Observer * It's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision * Independent * [Peter Robinson deserves a place] near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league * The Times * As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end * Choice * A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction * Bella Magazine * Peter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league * The Times * Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation * Observer *

BANKS IS BACK - AND THE HUNT IS ON. When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. Then a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, and a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground. Things quickly become much more sinister. Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by the mystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throws up a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear - in another direction. As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing boy who holds the key to the puzzle, they find themselves in a race against time where it's their turn to become the prey . . .