Bad Boy
An Inspector Banks Novel

[Please note: This review contains some minor spoilers, but nothing beyond what is described in the tease on the back of the book.] Bad Boy is a book that, had it been set in the U.S. instead of in the U.K. would have ended on page three. A woman comes into the Eastvale police station, looking for DCI......more

Bad Boy is one of my favourite episodes from the DCI Banks TV series, so I was pleased to find the novel equally gripping. Although I knew the TV version well there were plenty of differences between it in the original novel, including some shocks & surprises. Alan Banks is almost absent from the ea......more

Oh, the original Bad Boy - good looking (meh), excitingly reckless (bloody lunatic), taking what he wants with no excuses (egotistical sociopath), cannot be owned by any one woman (abusive, two-timing prick). That is, depending on if you ask some poor smitten one (or me). Oh, how I hated guys like t......more

Yes, Peter Robinson's books are formulaic. Yes, after a passel of Inspector Banks books, some of the ticks can become tiring. But, Robinson's stories always suck me in, and I forget that I'm reading. I'm just entertained and engrossed in the story. It's easy. It's light. But, those are good qualitie......more

First, my thanks to LibraryThing's early reviewer program and to Morrow for my copy of this book. Don't do what I did and start this late at night -- you won't want to put it down. Although this book isn't really a whodunit, the tension begins to build very close to the beginning and doesn't let up.......more