Author: Peter Robinson Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Thriller Culture: Canada
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ISBNs: 9780060198770 9780060824648 006019877X 0060824646 |
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The night sky is ablaze as fire engulfs two barges moored end to end on a Yorkshire canal. On board are the blackened remains of two human beings. One was a reclusive and eccentric local artist, the other a junkie, a sad and damaged young girl. To the seasoned eye of Inspector Alan Banks, this horror was no accident, its method so cruel and calculated that only the worst sort of fiend could have committed the dark act. And it isn't long before the fears of Banks and D.I. Annie Cabbot are brutally confirmed, when another suspicious blaze incinerates a remote trailer in the countryside . . . and another solitary life is gruesomely consumed. But is it the work of a serial arsonist, or an ingeniously conceived plot to obliterate the trail to other heinous crimes? There are shocking secrets to be uncovered in the charred wreckage, grim evidence of lethal greed and twisted hunger, and of nightmare occurrences within the private confines of family. A terrible suspicion that a killer's work is not yet done drives Alan Banks as the hunt intensifies for an elusive, cold-blooded chameleon who could be anyone and anywhere. In award-winning, internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson delivers a modern masterwork of suspense that confirms his standing as one of the brightest literary lights in crime fiction -- a blistering tale of murder and betrayal that is as frightening, devastating, and hypnotic as flame itself.
This book is part of the "Inspector Banks" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "Watching the Dark" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Bad Boy" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cornelius Jubb" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Like a Virgin" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Price of Love" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Friend of the Devil" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Piece of My Heart" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Strange Affair" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Close To Home" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Aftermath" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cold is the Grave" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "In A Dry Season" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Blood at the Root" First published in 1997 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Innocent Graves" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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