Blood at the Root - An Inspector Banks Novel

Zusatztext "An outstanding read." 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 In the long shadows of an alley a young man is murdered by an unknown assailant. The shattering echoes of his death will be felt throughout a small provincial community on the edge—because the victim, a youth whose sordid secret life was a tangle of bewildering contradictions, was far from innocent. Now a dedicated policeman beset by his own tormenting demons must follow the leads into the darkest corners of the human mind in order to catch a killer. Delving into the complicated human psyche, Blood at the Root showcases Peter Robinson’s singular talent in an exceptional novel of suspense that will linger in readers’ minds long past the final page. Zusammenfassung New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson brings us a tantalizing tale of suspense in this classic Inspector Banks thriller. In the long shadows of an alley a young man is murdered by an unknown assailant. The shattering echoes of his death will be felt throughout a small provincial community on the edge—because the victim was far from innocent! a youth whose sordid secret life was a tangle of bewildering contradictions. Now a dedicated policeman beset by his own tormenting demons must follow the leads into the darkest corners of the human mind in order to catch a killer. Delving into the complicated human psyche! Blood at the Root showcases Peter Robinson’s singular talent in an exceptional novel of suspense that will linger in readers’ minds long past the final page. ...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Robinson
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780062431233
• ISBN: 978-0-06-243123-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Inspector Banks Novels; Inspector Banks Novels
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Occult fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Culinary, Cookery / food and drink / food writing