Final Account

Name: Final Account
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Author: Peter Robinson
ISBN: 9781400182756

Author: Peter Robinson

Series: Inspector Banks #7

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 9 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/16/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural

Synopsis

There's more than blood and bone beneath the skin...

The victim, a nondescript "numbers cruncher," died horribly just yards away from his terrified wife and daughter, murdered by men who clearly enjoyed their work. The crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer. But the strange revelations about an ordinary accountant's extraordinary secret life are what truly set Chief Inspector Alan Banks off—as lies breed further deceptions and blood begets blood, unleashing a policeman's dark passions...and a violent rage that, when freed, might be impossible to control.

About Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson is an award-winning author whose novels have been named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, a Notable Book by the New York Times, and a Page Turner of the Week by People magazine. He is widely known for his series of Inspector Banks novels, including In a Dry Season, which was nominated for an Edgar Award and won the Anthony Award. Peter was born and raised in Yorkshire, England, but has lived in North America for nearly twenty-five years. He now divides his time between North America and the United Kingdom.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on June 24, 2018

Peter Robinson's crime stories are always well plotted & highly entertaining-& this one is no exception. One of the best things about this story is that the main character, DCI Alan Banks, is the most human he has been in any of the novels so far. In one chapter Banks drinks alone at various pubs in......more

Goodreads review by Jack on March 14, 2025

4 Stars. Have you noticed how many titles of mysteries and thrillers are double entendres? Open to different interpretations or a play on words? Especially as one looks a second time at the title from the perspective of having read the book? No better example than 'Final Account.' Detective Chief In......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on January 21, 2016

Popular culture stereotypes accountants and actuaries as boring folk. But what happens to accountant Keith Rothwell in Final Account, the seventh novel in Peter Robinson’s excellent DCI Alan Banks series proves riveting: Returning home with a night out with his wife for their anniversary, Rothwell i......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on March 25, 2016

I have still to be disappointed in a Inspector Banks novel. This is number 7 in the series and one that feels like an "early one" to me, who have read them more or less randomly mixed up. This starts with a grisly "gangland"-style murder of a seemingly dull accountant and the simultaneous disappeara......more

Goodreads review by Baba on April 30, 2020

DCI Alan Banks' seventh case sees the execution of an accountant, whilst his wife and teenage daughter are tied up. Banks find himself following a trail that includes double identities, affairs, homophobia, racism and assassins for hire; as well as international money laundering and interest from hi......more