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Starred Review. In his last outing (Playing With Fire), Insp. Alan Banks nearly died when a serial killer set fire to his cottage in the Yorkshire village of Eastvale, and the melancholic detective remains understandably depressed as this superlative 15th novel in the series gets underway. Living in a rented flat, Banks is struggling to put his life back together when an urgent phone message from his younger brother, Roy—a successful, slightly shady London businessman—requests his help: "It could be a matter of life and death.... Maybe even mine." When he can't reach Roy by phone, Banks travels to London to see what's wrong and finds his brother's house unlocked and no hint about where he might have gone or why. On the night of Roy's phone call, a young woman is shot to death in her car just outside of Eastvale, and she has Banks's name and address in her pocket. Annie Cabbot, Banks's colleague on the force (and a former lover), is in charge of that case, and her investigation quickly intersects with Banks's unofficial sleuthing into his brother's inexplicable disappearance. The gripping story, which revolves around that most heinous of crimes, human trafficking, shows Robinson getting more adept at juggling complex plot lines while retaining his excellent skills at characterization. The result is deeply absorbing, and the nuances of Banks's character are increasingly compelling. Agent, Dominick Abel. (Feb. 15) Forecast: Robinson's reputation in the States (he is English and lives in Canada) continues to build. With the help of a big marketing campaign and an eight-city author tour, this could be a breakout novel for him.
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Simon Prebble gives an eerie elegance to RobinsonÕs fifteenth novel featuring Yorkshire DCI Alan Banks in a case that takes a distinctly personal turn for the morose and self-destructive inspector. Banks gets an urgent telephone message from his estranged brother and is perplexed when heÕs unable to track him down. Meanwhile, a slip of paper with BanksÕs name and address is found in the pocket of a murder victim. As always, RobinsonÕs writing is filled with atmospheric musical references to emphasize the characterÕs lonely melancholy, and PrebbleÕs reading adds to that somber atmosphere. A Yorkshire accent is not in evidence. Instead PrebbleÕs smooth and even narration is characterized by its pace and timing, which give the novel an elegantly haunting quality. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Another winner in the Inspector Banks Series!, Fév 1 2005
This installment of the series opens with Inspector banks receving a mysterious phone call from his brother in London. Fearing something dreadfully wrong the inspector leaves for London to search out his brother. At the same time DI Annie Cook investigates the murder of a young woman found dead in a car on a quite country road on the outskirts of Eastvale. in the woman's pocket is a slip of paper with inspector Banks name written on it! Much of the story is two parrelle plots, Banks in London trying to figure out what became of his brother as he also discovers surprising revelations about his brother he never understood. At the same time Annie is investigating the death of the young woman. In the end the parralle plots meet in a cleverly terrifing way! Banks fans will not be dissapointed by this novel!

I also must recomend "A Tourist in the Yucatan" interesting thriller/mystery.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Melancholy Inspector Banks, Sep 1 2007
Par Deborah Atherton (New York, NY United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Strange Affair brings us Inspector Banks in a far more melancholy mode than even his own usual reflective self; but then, his brother is missing, his mother is ill, all the women in his life have rejected him, and he is recovering from severe burns after his house was destroyed by fire. The most fascinating aspect of this book is his slow recovery through challenges that bring him back to humanity by making him feel again. The horrors and tragedies in this book (far gloomier than most in this series, but brilliantly described, with painful clarity)are ironically the key to his recovery; by re-engaging with humanity at its worst, he slowly finds himself again. Like Reginald Hill, Peter Robinson is a powerful writer of remarkable literary mysteries. But I can't help myself from hoping that over the next few books Banks finds a few moments of human happiness.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Weighed Down by the Job, Déc 6 2008
This review is from: Strange Affair (Mass Market Paperback)

Have you ever become so closely identified with your work that you cannot react in a relaxed way with friends and family? A CEO once told me that he had learned to be so skeptical that if his wife said it was raining, he would look out the window to verify the rain before responding.

That's the place where Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks finds himself in this novel. He's estranged from everyone in his life and isn't sure that he cares to change that. But when he runs into an attractive woman he had met in an earlier investigation, he's surprised when she responds with distaste to his suggestion that they have dinner. Well, so what, he thinks.

Banks is still recovering from almost dying in Playing with Fire. His home is gone and so are the photographs and other mementos that reassure most of us. He's not really back to work yet. His relations with his partner and ex-lover Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot are strained. Banks is divorced and doesn't speak with his children very often. He rarely contacts his parents. He's like a man in a daze . . . lost in the fog.

Into this slough comes an unexpected message from his slightly disreputable brother, Roy. Despite his alienation, Banks decides to follow through.

Banks soon finds himself walking in his brother's shoes . . . and learning a lot that he didn't expect to learn.

While this is going on, a young woman is found dead in her care with no obvious cause of death at first glance. Annie heads up the investigation, and her focus takes an unexpected direction with Banks's name and address turn up in the dead woman's pocket.

The story proceeds from there, pursuing two different mysteries for the two detectives.

The beauty of this book is in its intense consideration of the price that a job can cause us to pay in our personal lives . . . and even our very identities. It's well done, and you will acquire much food for thought.

The mysteries are only average, but their unfolding is done in elegant fashion . . . gradually chipping away at hints, clues and facts until only the reality remains. As a result, I felt like I was watching Michelangelo sculpt through much of this book.
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