Description
“Smart and shapely ... immaculately constructed.” (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review )
“A damn fine crime novel...like a master class in crime fiction.” (Baltimore Sun )
“If you haven’t read Robinson .... what on Earth is stopping you? .... A clever and entertaining thriller.” (Miami Herald )
“Fascinating....Robinson, with his usual deft touch and unblinking eye, brings the story to an unexpectedly gut-wrenching conclusion.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch )
“A fast-moving story [with] some knockout scenery and an assemblage of delicately drawn characters.” (Raleigh News & Observer )
“Flawless plotting and superbly drawn characters….[Robinson] is a master craftsman.” (Tampa Tribune )
“Robinson shows he’s a master ... mixes a gritty plot with intense character studies....Consistently compelling.” (Florida Sun-Sentinel )
“Remarkable.” (Globe and Mail (Toronto) )
“The best Banks book in years.” (Winnipeg Sun )
“Superlative...Deeply absorbing...Gripping.” (Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) )
“Robinson has won just about every mystery award there is….His latest shows why.” (Booklist (starred review) )
“An engaging pleasure . . . like red wine, [Banks] gets better and more interesting with age.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Robinson is on a winning streak.” (Tampa Tribune )
“Deeply nuanced works of art.” (Dennis Lehane )
“The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market.” (Stephen King )
“Stunningly complex and intricately plotted....Peter Robinson fools and entertains me with every twist.” (Nevada Barr )
“Complex and intelligent.” (Sunday Times (London) )
“Exquisitely complex and atmospheric.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review )
“Taut, carefully thought out…with plots that are refreshingly cliché-free.” (Time Out London )
“Cunning…authentic and atmospheric.” (The Independent (London) )
“Different and intriguing.” (Sunday Telegraph )
Peter Robinson is:“A gifted creator of fully fleshed and vividly present characters.” (Boston Globe )
“A happy discovery.” (Lady Antonia Fraser in the London Sunday Times )
“A skillful writer…” (Houston Chronicle )
“Absorbing…Robinson continues to stretch the boundaries of the standard procedural.” (Orlando Sentinel )
“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 )
“Psychologically acute fiction.” (The Strand ) --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Poche .
Présentation de l'éditeur
A bullet to the brain abruptly halted a terrified young woman's desperate flight. In her pocket is the name of a policeman whose own life was brutally invaded, mercilessly shaken, and very nearly erased -- a policeman who has since gone missing.
The dead woman in the car had been running from something -- but she didn't run far or fast enough. Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot would like to question the man the victim was apparently racing to meet: Annie's superior -- and former lover -- Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. But Banks has vanished into the anonymous chaos of the city, drawn into a mad whirl of greed, inhumanity, and death, by a frantic phone call from the brother he no longer knows. Banks is unaware that the threads connecting a sinister kidnapping with a savage slaying are as thick as rope . . . and long enough for a haunted and broken rogue cop to hang himself.
--Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Poche .
