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A Girl Called Madonna»rank: 143490par: Peter Robinson
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Caedmon's Song»rank: 138671par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Steadily, inexorably, Peter Robinson has been building a rock-solid following for his highly accomplished crime novels--and it's not hard to see why. Books like his latest, Caedmon's Song, have all the requisite page-turning compulsiveness, but Robinson freights in a layer of psychological penetration that many in the genre strive for but few achieve. A university student has unwisely decided to walk though a night-shrouded park. She is savagely assaulted and wakes in hospital with her memory of the attack wiped clean. Through her tortured consciousness, impressions slowly ... |
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Splash!: Rock and Water Design in Gardens»rank: 162914par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Steadily, inexorably, Peter Robinson has been building a rock-solid following for his highly accomplished crime novels--and it's not hard to see why. Books like his latest, Caedmon's Song, have all the requisite page-turning compulsiveness, but Robinson freights in a layer of psychological penetration that many in the genre strive for but few achieve. A university student has unwisely decided to walk though a night-shrouded park. She is savagely assaulted and wakes in hospital with her memory of the attack wiped clean. Through her tortured consciousness, impressions slowly ... |
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All the Colours of Darkness»rank: 161746par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Steadily, inexorably, Peter Robinson has been building a rock-solid following for his highly accomplished crime novels--and it's not hard to see why. Books like his latest, Caedmon's Song, have all the requisite page-turning compulsiveness, but Robinson freights in a layer of psychological penetration that many in the genre strive for but few achieve. A university student has unwisely decided to walk though a night-shrouded park. She is savagely assaulted and wakes in hospital with her memory of the attack wiped clean. Through her tortured consciousness, impressions slowly ... |
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Friend of the Devil»rank: 25753par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue: :Fans of Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie novels will love Peter Robinson's smart and absorbing Friend of the Devil. Be sure to set aside some time to dig in--you'll be tempted to devour it in one sitting, but this gripping and finely plotted mystery deserves to be savored. lf this is your first introduction to the intrepid lnspector Alan Banks, count yourself lucky--Robinson has been crafting these award-winning police procedurals for more than two decades now. --Daphne Durham |
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Aftermath»rank: 180702par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) have only increased with power and intelligence. lt's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin their wheels, repeating a successful formula and hoping, if not assuming, that their fans won't notice. Writers like Robinson, however, actually seem to grow in front of our eyes, delivering books of greater complexity each time. His previous two books, Cold ls the Grave and ln a Dry Season, were equally novels of character ... |
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Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MBA»rank: 234454par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) have only increased with power and intelligence. lt's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin their wheels, repeating a successful formula and hoping, if not assuming, that their fans won't notice. Writers like Robinson, however, actually seem to grow in front of our eyes, delivering books of greater complexity each time. His previous two books, Cold ls the Grave and ln a Dry Season, were equally novels of character ... |
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Aftermath»rank: 251580par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The mystery novels of Peter Robinson (Aftermath is his 12th) have only increased with power and intelligence. lt's a dirty little secret of the crime-fiction genre that many of its writers simply spin their wheels, repeating a successful formula and hoping, if not assuming, that their fans won't notice. Writers like Robinson, however, actually seem to grow in front of our eyes, delivering books of greater complexity each time. His previous two books, Cold ls the Grave and ln a Dry Season, were equally novels of character ... |
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Cold Is the Grave»rank: 223183par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:The deep-rooted animosity between Yorkshire detective Alan Banks and his boss, Chief Constable Jeremiah Riddle, provides a psychologically complex subtext that runs throughout Peter Robinson's prize-winning police procedural series. The tormented professional relationship comes to a head in Cold ls the Grave when Riddle asks Banks for a personal favour: to bring home discreetly and unofficially his runaway daughter. Banks accepts the assignment reluctantly. He will have no official status or support while conducting the investigation in London. Nevertheless, his concern for the teenage girl, whose nude image ... |
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Strange Affair CD»rank: 242568par: Peter Robinson
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:The deep-rooted animosity between Yorkshire detective Alan Banks and his boss, Chief Constable Jeremiah Riddle, provides a psychologically complex subtext that runs throughout Peter Robinson's prize-winning police procedural series. The tormented professional relationship comes to a head in Cold ls the Grave when Riddle asks Banks for a personal favour: to bring home discreetly and unofficially his runaway daughter. Banks accepts the assignment reluctantly. He will have no official status or support while conducting the investigation in London. Nevertheless, his concern for the teenage girl, whose nude image ... |