Standing in the Shadows - Peter Robinson

Category: Adults, Contemporary, Thriller
Language: English
Keywords: Chief Inspector Banks

Written by Peter Robinson
Read by Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Chief Inspector Banks: Book 28
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release date: April 11, 2023
Duration: 10:04:12

Peter Robinson - (1950 – 2022)

In November 1980, Nick Hartley returns home from a university lecture to find his house crawling with police. His ex-girlfriend, Alice Poole, has been found murdered, and her new boyfriend Mark Woodley is missing. Nick is the prime suspect. The case quickly goes cold, but Nick cannot let it go. He embarks on a career in investigative journalism, determined to find Alice’s murderer—but his obsession leads him down a dangerous path.

Decades later, in November 2019, an archaeologist unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more contemporary than the Roman remains she is seeking. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in to investigate, but there is little to be gleaned from the remains themselves. Left with few clues, Banks and his team must rely on their wits to hunt down a killer.

As the two cases unfurl, the investigations twist and turn to an explosive conclusion.

“Simon Vance enriches this final mystery from the late author’s Detective Superintendent Alan Banks series. Vance expertly connects a heartrending story that moves from 1980 to 2019. … Vance also excels with elderly, crotchety farmer Gillespie. Empathic personal snippets of Banks’s team, including Winsome’s enchanting Jamaican accent and tales of her baby, add lightness. This well-rendered police procedural is gripping, especially when astonishing connections are made. Audio is a must to appreciate the engaging characters and shocking conclusion.”— AudioFile 2023