Peter Robinson writes modern English police procedurals. Although I am more of a cozy person, he might convert me. I found this book riveting and stayed up half the night to finish it.
BLOOD AT THE ROOT by Peter Robinson (9) There's a deliberate lack of excessive angst and glamour in Peter Robinson's books about Inspector Alan Banks and his fellow Yorkshire coppers, so first-time readers might think them bland. But under the books' placid surfaces, whole worlds of crime and justice are being worked out. In this ninth book in his increasingly popular series, Robinson gives Banks some serious problems of a personal and professional nature: a neglected wife and a ruthlessly ambitious superior. He also drops Banks into a frighteningly realistic neo-Nazi group called the Albion League, whose activities include drug dealing and murder
this book is about murder and racial profiling.
okay but kind of predictable
A young man is beaten to death in an alleyway at night. The plot thickens when his identity is discovered: Jason Fox, a leading light of the Albion League, a thoroughly unpleasant extreme right racist fringe group. As DCI Banks and DC Susan Gay piece the details of Fox's nasty story together, their lives complicate in other ways. Susan is embarking on a relationship with Gavin, a colleague from regional HQ. Meanwhile the state of Banks' marriage is going from bad to worse as is his relationship with his boss Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle.
Eadie B. (eadieburke) -
In this book #9 of the Inspector Banks series we find Alan Banks' having marital problems, a suspension from work to deal with along with a racial crime to solve. Robinson's characters are richly complicated, and his plots are quite intricate. I enjoyed this one very much but the ending was a little weak. I will be looking forward to the next one though as I am very interested in what Peter Robinson has in store for Inspector Banks' personal life. If you like good, modern British police procedural you will enjoy this book.
