Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, 28) - Hardcover

Robinson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062994980 ISBN 13: 9780062994981

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2023

Synopsis

"One of the finest police procedural writers around... [Standing in the Shadows] is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson''s best work. Knowing it''s his last makes the reading bittersweet."  — New York Times Book Review

The 28^th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls “the best now on the market.” 

In November 1980, Nick Hartley returns home from a university lecture to find his house crawling with police. His ex-girlfriend, Alice Poole, has been found murdered, and her new boyfriend Mark Woodcroft is missing. Nick is the prime suspect. The case quickly goes cold, but Nick cannot let it go. He embarks on a career in investigative journalism, determined to find Alice’s murderer—but his obsession leads him down a dangerous path.

Decades later, in November 2019, an archaeologist unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more contemporary than the Roman remains she is seeking. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in to investigate, but there is little to be gleaned from the remains themselves. Left with few clues, Banks and his team must rely on their wits to hunt down a killer. 

As the two cases unfurl, the investigations twist and turn to an explosive conclusion.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062994980
• ISBN 13: 9780062994981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 359