Children of the Revolution: An Inspector Banks Novel Author: Peter Robinson | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DB36DG8 | Format: EPUB
Children of the Revolution: An Inspector Banks Novel Description
Multiple award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with Children of the Revolution, a superb tale of mystery and murder that takes acclaimed British Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks back to the early 1970s—a turbulent time of politics, change, and radical student activism.
The body of a disgraced college lecturer is found on an abandoned railway line. In the four years since his dismissal for sexual misconduct, he’d been living like a hermit. So where did he get the 5,000 pounds found in his pocket?
Leading the investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks begins to suspect that the victim's past may be connected to his death. Forty years ago the dead man attended a university that was a hotbed of militant protest and divisive, bitter politics. And as the seasoned detective well knows, some grudges are never forgotten—or forgiven.
Just as he’s about to break the case open, his superior warns him to back off. Yet Banks isn’t about to stop, even if it means risking his career. He's certain there’s more to the mystery than meets the eye . . . and more skeletons to uncover before the case can finally be closed.
- File Size: 598 KB
- Print Length: 401 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1444704915
- Publisher: William Morrow (March 25, 2014)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DB36DG8
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,410 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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This most recent and terrific installment in the Inspector Banks series begins when the body of a disgraced academic is found beneath a bridge in a remote area outside Eastvale. Found with five thousand pounds in his pocket and significant pre-mortem injuries, it becomes clear this isn't a suicide - but who would want to kill this emaciated, alcoholic and sad individual? Once Banks and his team begin to delve into the man's past and the anarchy decades of last century, they discover that not only does he have skeletons in his closet but that some of these are shared with significant individuals who would do anything to ensure that what the academic knows is never shared. So begins a case that tests Banks, Annie, Winsome and the newest team member, to the limits of their skills and professionalism.
Never one to mind allowing the lines between the professional and personal to cross (but without ever sacrificing his duty), Banks finds this case testing in all sorts of ways. What I love about the way Robinson has allowed Banks' character to develop is regular readers know and appreciate the ethics and values which govern Banks' every decision. This is a man who believes in justice and will see it served, even if it means breaking the rules, but without diverting from his moral compass. In this novel, Banks's subordinates, particularly Winsome, demonstrates her talents, compassion and growth as a detective. We see how influential Banks has been as a mentor and role model for his team and how the faith he puts in others is usually always rewarded. At the same time, we see Annie struggling with the injuries - physical and psychological - that she sustained on a previous case. If there is one niggle about this novel, there is a sense in which Annie's story is shunted to one side a little.
Detective Chief Inspector Banks, DS Winsome Jackman, DI Annie Cabot, and DC Gerry Masterson investigate the possible murder of a former university lecturer in Peter Robinson's "Children of the Revolution." After Gavin Miller lost his teaching job at Eastvale College, he became something of a recluse and lived alone in a rundown cottage. The evidence at the crime scene is ambiguous. Did Miller commit suicide in a fit of despair? Or do his injuries indicate that an unnamed assailant struggled violently with Miller, after which the attacker lifted him up and threw him over the side of a bridge? Several questions come to mind: Who had the motive, means, and opportunity to kill Miller, an apparently harmless and lonely eccentric? In addition, why did the victim have five thousand pounds in his possession at the time of his death?
As is so often the case, the answers lie in the past. Banks and company look at Miller's acquaintances, some going back forty years, to an era when Gavin socialized with activists who flirted with communism and took a bold stand in favor of union workers and, in particular, striking coal miners. The detectives' inquiries lead them to a wealthy and beautiful woman with political connections; to several of Miller's former colleagues and acquaintances; and to a pair of young ladies who had made damaging accusations against Miller. Unsurprisingly, DCI Banks steps on important toes and is chastised by his superiors, but it has never been in his nature to back off. Nor does he share information freely, preferring to go it alone when it might be wiser to confer with his boss.
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