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Abattoir Blues
Inspector Banks (Related to this series)
- Author
- Peter Robinson
- Narrator
- Simon Slater
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 31 July 2014
- Run Time
- 11 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, things quickly become much more sinister.
Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by the mystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throws up a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear - and in another direction. As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing boy who holds the key to the puzzle, they find themselves in a race against time where it's their turn to become the prey . . .
(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton
Critics Review
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Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation
Observer
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Peter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league
The Times
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A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction
Bella Magazine
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As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end
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[Peter Robinson deserves a place] near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league
The Times
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It's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision
Independent
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Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation
Observer
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As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end.
Choice
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A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction.
Bella Magazine
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Details
- Author
- Peter Robinson
- Narrator
- Simon Slater
- Duration
- 11 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 July 2014
- ISBN
- 9781444763829
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
The twenty-second novel in Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson's critically acclaimed DCI Banks series. When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, things quickly become much more sinister.Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by the mystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throws up a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear - and in another direction. As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing boy who holds the key to the puzzle, they find themselves in a race against time where it's their turn to become the prey . . .(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton
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