{"product_id":"abattoir-blues","title":"Abattoir Blues","description":"Review\n\nClassic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation ― Observer\n\nPeter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league ― The Times\n\nA real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction ― Bella Magazine\n\nAs always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end ― Choice\n\n[Peter Robinson deserves a place] near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league ― The Times\n\nIt's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision ― Independent\n\nClassic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation ― Observer\n\nAs always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end. ― Choice\n\nA real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction. ― Bella Magazine\n\nProduct Description\n\nTwo missing boys.\n\nA stolen bolt gun.\n\nOne fatal shot.\n\nThree ingredients for murder.\n\nWhen DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village, they're far from enthusiastic about what seems to be a simple case of rural crime. Then a blood stain is found in an abandoned hangar, two main suspects vanish without a trace, and events take a darkly sinister turn.\n\nAs each lead does little to unravel the mystery, Banks feels like the case is coming to a dead end. Until a road accident reveals some alarming evidence, which throws the investigation to a frightening new level.\n\nSomeone is trying to cover their tracks - someone with very deadly intent . . .\n\nBook Description\n\nBanks is called to investigate his most grisly case yet in the twenty-second DCI Banks novel, by Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson.\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Robinson's \u003ci\u003eDCI Banks\u003c\/i\u003e is a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson (\u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBallykissangel\u003c\/i\u003e) as Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (\u003ci\u003eThe Bill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurphy's Law\u003c\/i\u003e) as DI Annie Cabbot. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter's standalone novel BEFORE THE POISON won the IMBA's 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award. His critically acclaimed DCI Banks novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. In 2020 Peter was made a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. Peter keeps a website at www.inspectorbanks.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton General Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40737026834517,"sku":"9781444704983N","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/7443be7b-b9ff-4a23-a56c-e9946d5ad467.jpg?v=1701791931","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/abattoir-blues","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}