A DEDICATED MAN

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me Im wrong’ - Stephen King. A dead body. Hidden secrets. Banks will find the truth. The brutally murdered body of a supposedly well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a dry stone wall. But who would kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man? Young Sally Lumb, locked in her lovers arms on the night of the murder, tries to find the killer herself. But her good-intentions only leads to more danger. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks is called to investigate and soon discovers that disturbing secrets lie behind the seemingly untroubled facade . . . From the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes A Dedicated Man, book two in Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks series. The next instalment in the series is A Necessary End. ***** Critical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series, which became the major British ITV crime drama DCI Banks: A powerfully moving work . . . watch out for those twists - theyll get you every time – Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series Top-notch police procedure – Jeffery Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme series A wonderful novel – Michael Connelly, author of the Ballard & Bosch series An addictive crime-novel series – New York Times A guaranteed page-turner – Mirror Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books cant . . . A considerable achievement – Guardian One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series – Independent The master of police procedural – Mail on Sunday Near, perhaps, even at the top of, the British crime writers league – The Times Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man – Observer Aftermath was a Sunday Times bestseller when it first published in 2001.