A young skinny Middle Eastern boy is found dead and discarded inside an elderly homeowners wheelie bin in the Eastvale housing estate. The boy isn’t recognised as belonging to the neighbourhood so it’s a mystery to who he is and where he’s come from. There are possible racial overtones in the case. A middle-aged heroin addict is also found dead in a decaying neighbouring estate and Banks feels the cases may be connected.

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Set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales, the Inspector Banks series of crime novels has been translated into 20 languages. Known as the "master of the police procedural," Robinson's other books in the series include Many Rivers to Cross, Careless Love and Sleeping in the Ground , which won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2018 in the best novel category.Reliable procedural entertainment from a pro’s pro, with an ending that guarantees more drama ahead.

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a b c "Peter Robinson". notablebiographies.com. notablebiographies. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015 . Retrieved 24 August 2015. I’m a proud American. And yet, despite being such a commoner, I adore authors from other countries as I can “visit their home country” with their descriptive writing. Peter Robinson (17 March 1950 – 4 October 2022) was a British-born Canadian crime writer who was best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He also published a number of other novels and short stories, as well as some poems and two articles on writing.

The discovery of the body of a young Middle Eastern boy on the East Side Estate, found in a “wheelie bin” (large garbage can), brings Banks and his detective, Gerry, a woman with a prestigious Cambridge degree, as well as his long-time partner, Annie Cabot to the estate to investigate. The boy’s identity is unknown, but eventually they determine he was part of a drug pushing ring operating out of Leeds, that he was 12-years-old and a Syrian refugee. Subsequently, is an area of abandoned decaying houses, a wheelchair-bound man in his 60’s is found dead of an overdose. The police investigation works to determine if these are related to the Leeds drug ring. a b "Peter Robinson". inspectorbanks.com. Peter Robinson. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015 . Retrieved 24 August 2015.

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DCI Banks author Peter Robinson dies aged 72". BBC News. 7 October 2022 . Retrieved 7 October 2022. Although there is a twist at the end, I wasn’t surprised at who the culprit/s was but nonetheless a satisfying conclusion. A well paced, and enjoyable read, I would of loved to have Zelda’s story go on longer, the ending was left open no doubt that will be in store for the next book that I’m now looking forward to! As the local press seize upon an illegal immigrant angle, and the national media the story of another stabbing, the police are called to investigate a less newsworthy death: a middle-aged heroin addict found dead of an overdose in another estate, scheduled for redevelopment. Robinson taught at several colleges and universities in Toronto, and the University of Windsor (his alma mater) as writer-in-residence from 1992 to 1993. [3] He was best known for the Inspector Banks series of novels set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale. His first novel, Gallows View, was published in 1987. [3] [6] It garnered him the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award, which he went on to win six more times during his career. [6] The series was eventually translated into twenty languages at the time of his death. [7] He also wrote two collections of short stories – Not Safe After Dark (1998) and The Price of Love (2009) – as well as another novel, Caedmon's Song, released in 1990. [3] Personal life [ edit ]a b "British Canadian crime novelist Peter Robinson dead at age 72". CBC News. 7 October 2022 . Retrieved 7 October 2022. The latest absorbing police procedural mystery in the series of Detective Superintendent Alan Banks. This book can easily be read as a standalone. The author Peter Robinson has a wonderful writing style and I love the quirky musical references he adds into the storyline. DS Alan Banks is working class, brooding and has a charming demeanour. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence". Stop, You're Killing Me! . Retrieved 13 March 2022. But certainly with age — a sense of mortality and introspection — Banks becomes more philosophical too. Those are all things that happen as your life circumstances change."