“Refreshingly down to earth.” (New York Times )
“[A] painful but enlightening journey into the past.” (New York Times Book Review )
“This one is entertaining and sophisticated, crime writing of a high order.” (Washington Post )
“Suspenseful and engrossing.” (Orlando Sentinel )
“Lots of suspense...richly complex...satisfying and subtle.” (Publishers Weekly )
“So readable....” (Seattle Times )
“Highly readable... [Robinson is] one of those first-class storytellers.” (National Post )
“Robinson again shows himself to be as astute a writer as P.D. James.” (Library Journal )
“An exhilarating police procedural.” (Midwest Book Review )
“Stunningly complex and intricately plotted...entertained me with every twist.” (Nevada Barr )
“Cunning....authentic and atmospheric.” (The Independent (London) )
“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 )
Praise for Aftermath“A devilishly good plotter...[Robinson’s] characterizations are so subtle that even the psychological profiler is stumped.” (New York Times Book Review )
“Engrossing...seamlessly plotted.” (Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel )
“A winner....Returning to the world of Alan Banks is, as always, a pleasure.” (Boston Globe )
“Robinson spins and intricate web...an excellent crime novel.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel )
“A proven master...Robinson should find a large audience for this gripping, psychologically astute tale.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )
“Highly textured... Banks is a multidimensional figure struggling to cope with his private demons while directing murder investigations.” (Tampa Tribune )
There are human bones buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five years ago ... and scarred a guilt-ridden friend forever.
A long-hidden horror has been unearthed, dragging a tormented policeman back into a past he could never truly forget no matter how desperately he tried. A heinous crime that occurred too close to home still has its grip on Chief Inspector Alan Banks -- and it's leading him into a dark place where evil still dwells. Because the secrets that doomed young Graham Marshall back in 1965 remain alive and lethal -- and disturbing them could cost Banks much more than he ever imagined.