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Inspector Banks

Book Review: Not Dark Yet by Peter Robinson

By Janet Webb

March 22, 2021

Not Dark Yet is the literary equivalent of the final act of a three-act play, Robinson picking up where he left off in Many Rivers to Cross. Zelda, a gifted super-recognizer, is a heat-seeking missile, determined to identify and punish the men who ruined her. Avenging her stolen girlhood won’t change the past but she’s…

Book Review: Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson

By Janet Webb

January 22, 2020

In Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson, Inspector Banks is dragged into a disturbing world of drugs, guns, and possible sex trafficking.  Like many long-running series, open-ended storylines are a feature of the Inspector Banks mysteries. Not every investigation is tied up with a neat bow on the last page. Careless Love, the last…

Book Review: Careless Love by Peter Robinson

By Janet Webb

February 14, 2019

Careless Love by Peter Robinson is the 25th installment of the Inspector Banks Novels series.  What’s more pleasurable than a well-done police procedural? Careless Love is Peter Robinson’s 25th DCI Banks Novel, and it’s chock-a-block with elements that keep readers coming back. The Yorkshire setting gives readers a bit of an armchair holiday. Whether Banks and…

5 New Books to Read this Week: August 15, 2017

By Crime HQ

August 16, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Rosato & DiNunzio. Rizzoli & Isles. New Lisa Scottoline and Tess Gerritsen novels highlight a great week of books! See what…

5 New Books to Read this Week: August 9, 2016

By Crime HQ

August 10, 2016

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Check back every Wednesday and see what we're reading for the week!

Now Win This!: Dark Nights, Dark Dreams Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

August 18, 2015

Caution all ye who enter here, for these nine titles should be warning enough: nightmares await! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to legal residents…

Now Win This!: Book Party of Five Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

March 25, 2014

Each one of these five exciting titles can be yours! Enter for a chance to win! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to legal residents…

Now Win This!: The Paper Capers Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

February 25, 2014

  Each one of these five exciting titles can be yours! Enter for a chance to win! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to legal…

Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson

The Soundtracks of Sin

By Sophie Littlefield

May 23, 2011

I recently read Peter Robinson’s fine novel Friend of the Devil. When I was finished, I spent a pleasant half hour checking out all the music he references throughout the book. (Or rather, music that plays on Inspector Banks’ iPod, which he keeps in shuffle mode, evidently enjoying surprising himself.)  I even bought a couple…

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