Caedmon's Song by Peter Robinson

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Caedmon's Song by Peter Robinson

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On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is brutally attacked. When she awakes in hospital, she has no recollection of that night. But then, slowly, the details reveal themselves.

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Caedmon's Song by Peter Robinson

On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is brutally attacked. When she awakes in hospital, she has no recollection of that night. But then, slowly, the details reveal themselves.
Written back in 1990 but previously unpublished in the UK, this is one of Peter Robinson's earliest booksTaking a break from Inspector Banks he decided to write a book based on the victim's perspective rather than a police procedural. This creepy, suspenseful book was the result. Set on the Yorkshire coast, Martha Browne is supposedly researching a book whilst further inland a spate of student murders is causing a serial killer scare amongst the universities of the North. Flitting between Kirsten, the one survivor of the serial killer, and Martha, Robinson slowly but surely builds up the tension page by page. No stopping at the end of any chapter here, it is definitely a one-sitting read. Characteristically Yorkshire-based with detailed descriptions of the locations to draw the reader in, the writing is taut and tantalising displaying Robinson's skills at writing from the other side of the coin. A must for all Robinson fans. - Lucy Watson
PETER ROBINSON is the recipient of numerous awards for his Inspector Banks novels, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for the French translation of In a Dry Season, the Edgar Award for the short story Missing in Action, Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and several Arthur Ellis best novel awards. In 2002 he was awarded the Dagger in the Library by the British Crime Writers Association. In 2006 he was invited to join the exclusive and prestigious Detection Club, founded in 1928 by a group of mystery writers, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and G.K. Chesterton. Robinson was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to Canada after graduating from the University of Leeds. He earned an MA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor, with Joyce Carol Oates as his tutor, then a PhD in English at York University. He funds a scholarship at the University of Leeds for low-income students who want to be writers, and now divides his time between Toronto and Richmond, Yorkshire.
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ISBN 13 9781405041119
ISBN 10 1405041110
Title Caedmon's Song
Author Peter Robinson
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Binding type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2003-09-05
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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