Inspector Banks – a man for all seasons, he knows that often the answers to the clues he seeks are hidden in his own heart

- Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch, Jack McEvoy and Lincoln Lawyer series,

An award-winning writer with ideas that are imaginative and plots that are refreshingly cliché-free

Time Out

If you haven't caught up with Peter Robinson already, now is the time to start

Independent on Sunday

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ – Stephen KingFrom the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes A Necessary End, book three in Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks series.Peace destroyed. Lives in ruin. Banks must race to find the killer . . .Everyday life in Eastvale is shattered when a policeman is stabbed to death after an anti-nuclear demonstration turns violent. Superintendent ‘Dirty Dick’ Burgess, Banks’s nemesis, descends with vengeful fury on those he deems responsible.Inspector Banks is uneasy about Burgess's mishandling of the case. Despite being warned off, he puts his career in jeopardy to continue his search for the truth – knowing that, if he wants to keep his job, he must beat Burgess to the killer . . .'Inspector Banks – a man for all seasons, he knows that often the answers to the clues he seeks are hidden in his own heart' – Michael Connelly, author of Fair WarningAdapted into a major ITV drama, DCI Banks.A Necessary End is the third entry in this Yorkshire-based crime series. It is followed by book four, The Hanging Valley.
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A Necessary End is Peter Robinson's enthralling third novel in the Inspector Banks series which became the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.
A Necessary End is Peter Robinson's enthralling third novel in the Inspector Banks series which became the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.
Peter Robinson’s critically acclaimed and number one bestselling The Inspector Banks series of novels feature Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks as he investigates crimes in Eastvale, Yorkshire. This thrilling police procedural series begins with Gallows View, which finds Banks moving to the idyllic Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the city but he quickly finds that even beautiful places hold dark secrets. The twelfth novel, Aftermath, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Novels in the series have been called ‘wonderful’ by Michael Connelly and ‘a powerfully moving work’ by Ian Rankin. The novels were the basis for the hugely successful ITV series DCI Banks starring Stephen Tompkinson.
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ISBN
9781509857050
Publisert
2018-06-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
254 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
131 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

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Biographical note

Peter Robinson's DCI Banks became a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson as Inspector Banks and Andrea Lowe as DI Annie Cabbot.

Peter's standalone novel Before the Poison won the IMBA's 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award. His critically acclaimed DCI Banks novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. In 2020 Peter was made a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada. Peter grew up in Yorkshire, and divided his time between Richmond, UK, and Canada until his death in 2022.