US: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2017. Paperback. Good. From New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson comes this mesmerizin g story-within-a-story-that will thrill his fans and bring him many new rea ders. A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to spea k to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. But Banks is abroad, and the wom an's revelation of a loaded gun hidden in her daughter Erin's bedroom leads to a shocking fatality when a police armed-response team breaks into her h ouse. The fallout will have dark consequences for Banks and his partner, DI Annie Cabbot. It turns out that Erin's best friend is Banks' own daughter, Tracy . . . who was last seen in the company of the weapon's actual owner, a very bad boy indeed. Now that his child is on the run with a psychopath, Banks finds himself cau ght in a bloody tangle of betrayal and murder. But the rogue DCI is a bit o f a bad boy himself, and he'll freely risk his life and career in the cause of love-and vengeance. Thrilling, harrowing, and utterly compelling, Bad Boy showcases Peter Robinson's masterful writing.

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PETER ROBINSON is the recipient of numerous awards for his Inspector Banks novels, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for the French translation of In a Dry Season , the Edgar Award for the short story "Missing in Action," Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and several Arthur Ellis best novel awards. In 2002 he was awarded the Dagger in the Library by the British Crime Writers Association. In 2006 he was invited to join the exclusive and prestigious Detection Club, founded in 1928 by a group of mystery writers, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and G.K. Chesterton. Robinson was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to Canada after graduating from the University of Leeds. He earned an MA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor, with Joyce Carol Oates as his tutor, then a PhD in English at York University. He funds a scholarship at the University of Leeds for low-income students who want to be writers, and now divides his time between Toronto and Richmond, Yorkshire.

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Bookseller: Infinity Books Japan (JP)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000064016
Title: BAD BOY (Inspector Banks Novels, 19)
Author: Robinson, Peter
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0062433962
ISBN 13: 9780062433961
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Place of Publication: US
Date Published: 2017

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