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Playing with Fire : A Novel of Suspense by Peter Robinson
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Peter Robinson is the award-winning author of the Inspector Banks series.
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Playing with Fire : A Novel of Suspense by Peter Robinson
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Hardcover:
368 pages
Publisher: William Morrow; 1st edition (February 2004)
ISBN:
006019877X
Book Description
When the bodies of two squatters are found in the burning remains of a couple of derelict barges, Inspector Alan Banks has to wonder whether one of their occupations caused their deaths. One victim was a local artist, with plenty of turpentine and oil paint at hand; the other was a young woman, a junkie, who evidently shot up her final fix just before the fire started. But if the fire was an accident, why did her boyfriend bolt from the scene when the police arrived? And why did the neighbour who discovered the fire not call it in right away?
As they start their investigation, Banks and his colleague (and former lover), DI Annie Cabbot, find more than enough motives for murder – and more than one person with a reason to kill. Worse, one of the two detectives themselves discovers firsthand the seductive thrill and terrible danger of playing with fire.
In his fourteenth Inspector Banks mystery, Peter Robinson once more displays his extraordinary skill in creating memorable characters, a haunting narrative, and a subtly unveiled plot, a talent that has made him one of the best writers of crime fiction in the world today. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
"The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market. In fact, this may be the best series of British novels since the novels of Patrick O'Brian. Try one and tell me I'm wrong."
-Stephen King
“As astute a writer as P.D. James.”
–Library Journal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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