A dead body. Hidden secrets. Banks will find the truth.
The brutally murdered body of a supposedly well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a dry stone wall. But who would kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man?
Young Sally Lumb, locked in her lover's arms on the night of the murder, tries to find the killer herself. But her good-intentions only leads to more danger. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks is called to investigate and soon discovers that disturbing secrets lie behind the seemingly untroubled facade . . .
From the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes A Dedicated Man, book two in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series. The next instalment in the series is A Necessary End.
*****
Critical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series, which became the major British ITV crime drama DCI Banks:
'A powerfully moving work . . . watch out for those twists - they'll get you every time' - Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series
'Top-notch police procedure' - Jeffery Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme series
'A wonderful novel' - Michael Connelly, author of the Ballard & Bosch series
'An addictive crime-novel series' - New York Times
'A guaranteed page-turner' - Mirror
'Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement' - Guardian
'One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series' - Independent
'The master of police procedural' - Mail on Sunday
'Near, perhaps, even at the top of, the British crime writers' league' - The Times
'Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man' - Observer
Aftermath was a Sunday Times bestseller when it first published in 2001.




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