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When Chief Inspector Alan Banks isn't catching a criminal, he's off pursuinghis latest interest: Tudor history, bird's eggs, or much to his beleaguered family's dismay,his current passion, opera. After moving his family from London to Eastvale, an oldmarket town in Yorkshire,... Read Full Overview

"The climax, choreographed to a furious pace, should fill the land with the sound of pages turning." --Toronto Star

The classic first novel in Peter Robinson's internationally bestselling Inspector Banks series

Chief Inspector Alan Banks of the Criminal Investigation Department has been recently transferred from London to Eastvale, a town in the Yorkshire dales. His desire to escape the stress of city life appears to be satisfied by Eastvale s cobbled market square, its tree-shaded... Read Full Overview