Peter Robinson - Watching the Dark (Alan Banks #20)
DI Annie Cabot is ready to go back to work. Only a few days left to enjoy the peace and quiet at the convalescent center where she is healing from a gunshot wound, until she discovers another of the tenants dead. As her boss DCI Alan Banks is assigned to the case, DI Annie will soon be thrust into the middle of the investigation.
DI Bill Quinn is the murdered cop, with a spotless record and a known empathy for an unsolved missing girl’s case almost 6 years old. A cloud hangs over his reputation when compromising photos are found in his room. And to further complicate things, a Police Standards detective butts her way into the investigation.
This is the 20th book in the DCI Alan Banks series, and as we’ve come to love and expect, Banks is going to run the investigation his way. Although his surly attitude and brusque mannerisms toward the chief appointed Standards officer only makes her dig in her heels and meet him head on. At the outset, she would be satisfied with solving the case of who killed Quinn, and close her case on a possibly compromised cop. Banks in his dogged way finds himself chasing two cases that could be related.
As the case takes the investigation to foreign soil the two investigators find not only the language barrier a detriment, but the assistance of the local constabulary seems rather apathetic.
Overall, the book has a solid plot, great sense of location and wonderful characterization. Reading through, though, I got the impression that Banks is a tired man. I’m hoping this is just a phase for the character, and Robinson has many more adventures awaiting his fans.
Can’t go wrong with anything Robinson pens.
DI Bill Quinn is the murdered cop, with a spotless record and a known empathy for an unsolved missing girl’s case almost 6 years old. A cloud hangs over his reputation when compromising photos are found in his room. And to further complicate things, a Police Standards detective butts her way into the investigation.
This is the 20th book in the DCI Alan Banks series, and as we’ve come to love and expect, Banks is going to run the investigation his way. Although his surly attitude and brusque mannerisms toward the chief appointed Standards officer only makes her dig in her heels and meet him head on. At the outset, she would be satisfied with solving the case of who killed Quinn, and close her case on a possibly compromised cop. Banks in his dogged way finds himself chasing two cases that could be related.
As the case takes the investigation to foreign soil the two investigators find not only the language barrier a detriment, but the assistance of the local constabulary seems rather apathetic.
Overall, the book has a solid plot, great sense of location and wonderful characterization. Reading through, though, I got the impression that Banks is a tired man. I’m hoping this is just a phase for the character, and Robinson has many more adventures awaiting his fans.
Can’t go wrong with anything Robinson pens.