His fans include Stephen King, Michael Connelly, Tess Gerritsen, Ian
Rankin, and Louise Penney. He has won acclaim and numerous international
prizes and awards, including the Edgar. Now celebrated New York Times
bestselling author Peter Robinson, one of the greatest suspense writers
of our time, demonstrates his mastery once again in this powerful
mystery in which legendary detective superintendent Alan Banks is
confronted with a pair of perplexing crimes.
Two suspicious deaths challenge DS Alan Banks and his crack
investigative team.
The body of an attractive young woman dressed in evening attire is found
in an abandoned car on a country road. The death looks like suicide, but
there are too many open questions for Banks and his team to rule out
foul play. The car didn't belong to her--it was badly damaged in an
accident involving the vehicle's owner a week earlier in the same spot.
So how did the dead girl get inside the car? Did someone place her
there, and if so, why? Where--and when--did she die?
While Banks attends the postmortem, DI Annie Cabot is at the scene of
another death. A well-dressed man in his sixties has been found in a
gully high up on the wild moorland. His injuries were fatal and
consistent with those sustained in a fall. Was it an accident--did the
man get too close to the edge and slip? Was he pushed? The man was
wearing an expensive suit. What was he doing in a rocky spot popular
with hikers? There are no signs of a vehicle near where he fell. How did
he get there?
Banks's and Cabot's cases share a few curious similarities. Both of the
dead were found in the same area of the moorlands. Both were elegantly
dressed. The timing of their deaths coincided. And neither carried
identification. As the police uncover who these people were and begin to
look into their lives, inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries
surrounding the two cases proliferate. Then a source close to Annie
reveals a piece of information that rocks the Eastvale detectives
working both investigations. An old enemy has returned in a new guise--a
nefarious foe who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he
wants.
With the stakes raised, the hunt is on. But will Banks and his crack
squad be able to find the evidence to stop him in time?
