Strange Affair
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LOUISE PENNY calls Peter Robinson's new novel In the Dark Places a "thrilling, brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced" read. Available August 11, 2015—preorder your copy today!
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Peter Robinson. (2009). Strange Affair. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Peter Robinson. 2009. Strange Affair. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Peter Robinson, Strange Affair. HarperCollins, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Peter Robinson. Strange Affair. HarperCollins, 2009.
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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.
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LOUISE PENNY calls Peter Robinson's new novel In the Dark Places a "thrilling, brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced" read. Available August 11, 2015—preorder your copy today!
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"First-rate ... an addictive crime series ... bet you can't read just one." — Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Smart and shapely ... immaculately constructed." — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
"A damn fine crime novel...like a master class in crime fiction." — Baltimore Sun
"If you haven't read Robinson .... what on Earth is stopping you? .... A clever and entertaining thriller." — Miami Herald
"Fascinating....Robinson, with his usual deft touch and unblinking eye, brings the story to an unexpectedly gut-wrenching conclusion." — Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A fast-moving story [with] some knockout scenery and an assemblage of delicately drawn characters." — Raleigh News & Observer
"Flawless plotting and superbly drawn characters....[Robinson] is a master craftsman." — Tampa Tribune
"Robinson shows he's a master ... mixes a gritty plot with intense character studies....Consistently compelling." — Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Remarkable." — Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"The best Banks book in years." — Winnipeg Sun
"Superlative...Deeply absorbing...Gripping." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Robinson has won just about every mystery award there is....His latest shows why." — Booklist (starred review)
"An engaging pleasure . . . like red wine, [Banks] gets better and more interesting with age." — Publishers Weekly
"Robinson is on a winning streak." — Tampa Tribune
"Deeply nuanced works of art." — Dennis Lehane
"The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market." — Stephen King
"Stunningly complex and intricately plotted....Peter Robinson fools and entertains me with every twist." — Nevada Barr
"Complex and intelligent." — Sunday Times (London)
"Exquisitely complex and atmospheric." — Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Taut, carefully thought out...with plots that are refreshingly cliché-free." — Time Out London
"Cunning...authentic and atmospheric." — The Independent (London)
"Different and intriguing." — Sunday Telegraph
Peter Robinson is: "A gifted creator of fully fleshed and vividly present characters." — Boston Globe
"A happy discovery." — Lady Antonia Fraser in the London Sunday Times
"A skillful writer..." — Houston Chronicle
"Absorbing...Robinson continues to stretch the boundaries of the standard procedural." — Orlando Sentinel
"Robinson actually seems to grow in front of our eyes, delivering books of greater complexity each time." — Otto Penzler
"Splendid." — San Diego Union-Tribune
"The equal of legends in the genre such as P.D. James and Ruth Rendell." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Psychologically acute fiction." — The Strand
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Starred review from January 17, 2005
In his last outing (Playing With Fire
), Insp. Alan Banks nearly died when a serial killer set fire to his cottage in the Yorkshire village of Eastvale, and the melancholic detective remains understandably depressed as this superlative 15th novel in the series gets underway. Living in a rented flat, Banks is struggling to put his life back together when an urgent phone message from his younger brother, Roy—a successful, slightly shady London businessman—requests his help: "It could be a matter of life and death.... Maybe even mine." When he can't reach Roy by phone, Banks travels to London to see what's wrong and finds his brother's house unlocked and no hint about where he might have gone or why. On the night of Roy's phone call, a young woman is shot to death in her car just outside of Eastvale, and she has Banks's name and address in her pocket. Annie Cabbot, Banks's colleague on the force (and a former lover), is in charge of that case, and her investigation quickly intersects with Banks's unofficial sleuthing into his brother's inexplicable disappearance. The gripping story, which revolves around that most heinous of crimes, human trafficking, shows Robinson getting more adept at juggling complex plot lines while retaining his excellent skills at characterization. The result is deeply absorbing, and the nuances of Banks's character are increasingly compelling. Agent, Dominick Abel. (Feb. 15)
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Robinson's reputation in the States (he is English and lives in Canada) continues to build. With the help of a big marketing campaign and an eight-city author tour, this could be a breakout novel for him.
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Starred review from April 4, 2005
In this artful abridgement of Inspector Alan Banks's 15th series appearance, things get personal for the Yorkshire policeman. Still despondent over the burning of his hearth and home in Playing with Fire
, he's drawn to London by a panicked phone message left by his estranged younger brother. Meanwhile, Banks's name and old address turn up in the possession of an attractive young woman murdered on his own turf. That death is being probed by his ex-lover, Inspector Annie Cabbot. The author cleverly keeps things moving by switching from one investigation to the other, introducing both sleuths to a gallery of well-defined witnesses and potential suspects. Narrator Prebble, who can be heard on nearly 200 audiobooks, tells the story with an almost cool British reserve, slipping easily into a panoply of vocal characterizations appropriate to Robinson's large, distinctive cast. From Banks's pleasant and faintly bemused mum to Cockney thugs and smarmy swells, Prebble gets the job done. He also handles the mood swings of the two main characters with ease. Using subtle shifts in pacing and vocal timbre, he balances Annie's professional patience in her interviews against her growing anger with Banks for the mental anguish he continues to cause her. And for Banks, the narrator runs the emotional gamut—from depression to full fury to a quiet understanding that "everyone gets tainted by a murder investigation." Simultaneous release with the Morrow hardcover (Forecasts, Jan. 17).
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