Friend of the Devil - An Inspector Banks Novel

Informationen zum Autor One of the world’s most popular and acclaimed writers,  Peter Robinson  was the bestselling, award-winning author of the DCI Banks series. He also wrote two short-story collections and three stand-alone novels, which combined have sold more than ten million copies around the world. Among his many honors and prizes were the Edgar Award, the CWA (UK) Dagger in the Library Award, and the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Martin Beck Award. Klappentext Two murders . . . two towns. . . . A woman sits in a wheelchair perched on a cliff high above the sea, her throat slit from ear to ear. . . . In a maze of narrow alleys behind a market square, a teenage girl has been murdered after a night of drunken revelries with her friends. The seemingly senseless Cliffside killing falls to Inspector Annie Cabbot, on loan to a local police department. The terrible death of young Hayley Daniels becomes Chief Inspector Alan Banks's investigation. But shattering revelations threaten to awaken the slumbering demons of earlier, darker times, and more blood is in the offing when the two cases brutally and unexpectedly collide. Friend of the Devil is a chilling, brilliant, and utterly mesmerizing novel of suspense. Zusammenfassung New York Times bestselling and Edgar award-winning author Peter Robinson—a riveting double homicide leaves two seasoned detectives baffled as they race against the clock before more corpses surface. Two murders . . . two towns . . . A woman sits in a wheelchair perched on a cliff high above the sea! her throat slit from ear to ear . . . In a maze of narrow alleys behind a market square! a teenaged girl has been murdered after a night of drunken revelries with her friends. The seemingly senseless Cliffside killing falls to Inspector Annie Cabbot! on loan to a local police department. The terrible death of young Hayley Daniels becomes Chief Inspector Alan Banks's investigation. But shattering revelations threaten to awaken the slumbering demons of earlier! darker times! and more blood is in the offing when the two cases brutally and unexpectedly collide. Friend of the Devil is a chilling! brilliant! and utterly mesmerizing novel of suspense. ...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Robinson
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2015
• EAN: 9780062400260
• ISBN: 978-0-06-240026-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Inspector Banks Novels; Inspector Banks Novels; DCI Banks
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Occult fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Espionage, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Culinary, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Paranormal