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Piece of My Heart Peter Robinson

Piece of My Heart By Peter Robinson

Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson


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Summary

To accompany the third series of ITV's DCI Banks series, a reissue of PIECE OF MY HEART by Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson.

Piece of My Heart Summary

Piece of My Heart: DCI Banks 16 by Peter Robinson

As volunteers clean up after a huge outdoor rock concert in Yorkshire in 1969, they discover the body of a young woman wrapped in a sleeping bag. She has been brutally murdered. The detective assigned to the case, Stanley Chadwick, is a hard-headed, strait-laced veteran of the Second World War. He could not have less in common with - or less regard for - young, disrespectful, long-haired hippies, smoking marijuana and listening to the pulsing sounds of rock and roll. But he has a murder to solve, and it looks as if the victim was somehow associated with the up-and-coming psychedelic pastoral band the Mad Hatters.

In the present, Inspector Alan Banks is investigating the murder of a freelance music journalist who was working on a feature about the Mad Hatters for MOJO magazine. This is not the first time that the Mad Hatters, now aging rock superstars, have been brushed by tragedy. Banks finds he has to delve into the past to find out exactly what hornets' nest the journalist inadvertently stirred up.

Piece of My Heart Reviews

The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series on the market * Stephen King *
A terrific contemporary crime novel * Independent on Sunday *
Further enhances Alan Banks' reputation as one of crime fiction's most appealing cops * The Times *
Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation * Observer *
Peter Robinson has for too long, and unfairly, been in the shadow of Ian Rankin . . . he deserves [a place], near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league . . . PIECE OF MY HEART brilliantly interweaves past and present, providing two strands of tension for the price of one, and further enhancing Alan Banks's reputation as one of crime fiction's most appealing cops. * The Times *
Banks is one of the most fully drawn figures in this genre of fiction * New York Times *
PIECE OF MY HEART brilliantly evokes the time of British psychedelia (which I remember as standing in a muddy field sucking on a weak joint), as well as being a terrific contemporary crime novel. * Independent on Sunday *
This book must be the bargain of the year, for it is two riveting, equally interesting crime novels in one. What takes it into the premier league, however, is Robinson's utterly convincing and moving portrayal of Chadwick and Banks' * Telegraph *
Robinson has to use all his ingenuity to find the solution to both killings. This book benefits hugely from Robinson's sympathetic leading man and the richly recorded Dales settings. * Scotsman *
The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong -- Stephen King
Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation * Observer *
Banks is one of the most fully drawn figures in this genre of fiction * New York Times *

About Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson's DCI Banks is a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) as Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) as DI Annie Cabbot. Peter'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. Peter grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. Peter keeps a website at www.inspectorbanks.com.

Additional information

GOR005699788
9781444754049
1444754041
Piece of My Heart: DCI Banks 16 by Peter Robinson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
2014-02-27
560
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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