Inspector Banks Novels Friend of the Devil, Book 17, (Paperback)

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This book loses one star because it uses the same pattern as the last two: Annie and Banks are off investigating two different murders which, surprise, surprise, merge into one case. The good side is that the book still holds some shocks and has that unique version of reality that operates in a w...

from suetu

Take this review with a grain of salt. Why do I say that? Because I did something I never do-I jumped into the middle of a long-established series without reading any of the prior books. And it was really obvious that I'd missed a lot. It was almost as if the novel's strengths had become weakness...

from jennyo

I used to read mysteries by the truckload, but over the past few years have fallen a little out of love with the genre and now only read a few mysteries a year. Peter Robinson is one of the authors I can always count on to write a compelling story with tight plots and interesting characters. I ca...

from Balthazar-Lawson

Another book in the Inspector Banks series and I enjoyed this. For most of the novel there are two stories that weave in and out of each other until they come to a climatic conclusion.The background to the later books in this series is the relationship between Alan Banks and Annie Cabbot continue...

from LARA335

A good entry in this enjoyable series, which still seems fresh and not too formulaic even though this is about book 18. Banks investigates the murder of a young woman in a warren of crooked streets, whilst Annie is seconded, investigating the murder of a paralysed woman. And both become involved ...