Past Reason Hated
A Novel of Suspense

DCI Alan Banks' fifth case sees an idyllic Yorkshire town become a crime scene after the multiple stabbed corpse of a beautiful women is found in her home. Susan Gay, recently promoted to CID assists Banks on the case, as Banks in his typical fashion looks deeply into the victim's background and fam......more

A purely character driven police procedural Caroline Hartley, manager of a local café and enthusiastic, talented thespian in the local amateur theater group has been stabbed to death. Her lesbian relationship with the estranged wife of a well-known classical composer seems to provide a host of motiv......more

I didn't like this book as much as the previous one. Usually the killer (least one expected) is revealed in the final chapters after obtaining multiple clues through the investigation. In this one, however you get a hunch about his/her identity after finishing 60% of the story. And I hate it when my......more

Neil Pearson does a fine job of reading Peter Robinson's fifth story featuring Chief Inspector Alan Banks. Unfortunately the story does not live up to the quality of the narration, & the suspects are never fully developed beyond shallow stereotypes. Hopefully this is just a weak entry in what is prov......more

For all that I adore Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks books, this one frustrated me. In all fairness, it still had wonderful characters, Banks himself demonstrating compassion and empathy towards suspects and guiding, through example, a new and eager DC, Susan, as she embarks on her first case. Peri......more