{"title":"Series: The Inspector Banks series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Inspector Banks series\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a world of intricate mysteries set against rich, atmospheric backdrops. Each story unravels complex characters and compelling investigations, blending suspense with thoughtful exploration of human nature and social issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of crime fiction will appreciate the sharp storytelling that seamlessly weaves elements of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e through its narratives. The series offers both gripping plots and intelligent reflection, making it a captivating read for those who enjoy depth alongside drama.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-necessary-end-by-peter-robinson-9781509857050","title":"A Necessary End","description":"'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen King\n\nA Necessary End is the third novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from A Dedicated Man.\n\nPEACE DESTROYED. LIVES IN RUIN.\nBANKS MUST RACE TO FIND THE KILLER.\n\nEveryday life in Eastvale is shattered when a policeman is stabbed to death after an anti-nuclear demonstration turns violent. Superintendent 'Dirty Dick' Burgess, Banks's nemesis, descends with vengeful fury on those he deems responsible.\n\nInspector Banks is uneasy about Burgess's mishandling of the case, but despite being warned off he puts his career in jeopardy to continue his search for the truth, knowing if he is to keep his job, he must beat Burgess to the killer . . .  \n\nA Necessary End is followed in the Inspector Banks series by The Hanging Valley.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240634757356,"sku":"9781509857050","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509857050-a-necessary-end-1.jpg?v=1787922157"},{"product_id":"dry-bones-that-dream-by-peter-robinson-9781509859115","title":"Dry Bones That Dream","description":"'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen King\n\nDry Bones That Dream is the seventh novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Wednesday's Child.\n\nA CONTRACT KILLING. A SECRET PAST. BANKS IS PUSHED TO HIS LIMIT.\n\n2.47 a.m. Chief Inspector Alan Banks sees the body of Keith Rothwell for the first time. Only hours earlier two masked men had walked the mild-mannered accountant out of his farmhouse to the barn. They then clinically executed him with a shotgun.\n \n Clearly this is a professional hit - but Keith was hardly the sort of person to make deadly enemies. Or was he? The police investigation soon raises more questions than answers.\n \n The more Banks scratches the surface, the more he wonders what lies beneath the veneer of the apparently happy Rothwell family. And when his old sparring partner Detective Superintendent Richard Burgess arrives from Scotland Yard, the case takes yet another unexpected twist . . .\n\nDry Bones That Dream is followed by the eighth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, Innocent Graves.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241141547244,"sku":"9781509859115","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509859115-dry-bones-that-dream-1.jpg?v=1787934498"},{"product_id":"in-a-dry-season-by-peter-robinson-9781035058433","title":"In A Dry Season","description":"'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' - Stephen King\nA lost village. Past crimes. Present evil.\n\nDuring a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over forty years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet is a magical playground . . . until he unearths a human skeleton.\n\nDetective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but DCI Banks is determined to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time . . .\n\nWidely acclaimed as Robinson's best and most ambitious novel, In a Dry Season is a gripping, high-paced tale in which past truths and presents secrets collide. If you enjoyed it, then you'll love the next instalment in the Banks series - which became the major British ITV Drama DCI Banks - Cold is the Grave.\n\n*****\n\nCritical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series:\n\n'A powerfully moving work' - Ian Rankin\n\n'Top-notch police procedure' - Jeffery Deaver\n\n'A wonderful novel' - Michael Connelly\n\n'An addictive crime-novel series' - New York Times\n\n'A guaranteed page-turner' - Mirror\n\n'Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement' - Guardian\n\n'One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series' - Independent \n\n'The master of police procedural' - Mail on Sunday \n\n'Near, perhaps, even at the top of, the British crime writers' league' - The Times\n\n'Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man' - Observer","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242454692076,"sku":"9781035058433","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035058433-in-a-dry-season-1.jpg?v=1787972974"},{"product_id":"playing-with-fire-by-peter-robinson-9781509859986","title":"Playing With Fire","description":"'A writer at the very height of his powers' - Ian Rankin\n\nPlaying With Fire is the fourteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from The Summer That Never Was.\n\nIn the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrowboats catch fire on a dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats.\n\n The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the mysterious, lonely artist?\n\n As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted stepfather, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend . . .\n\n Then the arsonist strikes again, and Banks's powers of investigation are tested to the limit . . .\n\nContinue the thrilling series with Strange Affair.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243685949676,"sku":"9781509859986","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509859986-playing-with-fire-1.jpg?v=1787988185"},{"product_id":"strange-affair-by-peter-robinson-9781509859993","title":"Strange Affair","description":"Move over Ian Rankin - there's a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author...' Independent on Sunday\n\nFollowing on from Playing With Fire, Strange Affair is the fifteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, which inspired the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.\n\nWhen Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales to seek him out amidst the bright lights of London. But Roy seems to have vanished into thin air.\n\n Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale, where a young woman has been found dead in her car. In the victim's pocket, scribbled on a slip of paper, police discover Banks's name and address.\n\n Living in Roy's empty South Kensington house, Banks finds himself digging into the life of the brother he never really knew, nor even liked. 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