Abattoir Blues

The 22nd DCI Banks novel from The Master of the Police Procedural

By: Peter Robinson

Narrated by: Simon Slater

The twenty-second novel in Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson's critically acclaimed DCI Banks series.

When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, things quickly become much more sinister.

Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by the mystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throws up a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear - and in another direction. As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing boy who holds the key to the puzzle, they find themselves in a race against time where it's their turn to become the prey . . .

(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton©2014 Eastvale Enterprises Inc.

Critic reviews

Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation

Peter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league

A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction

As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end

[Peter Robinson deserves a place] near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league

It's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision

Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation

As always with the excellent DCI Alan Banks novels, you can expect the story to grip you from beginning to end.

A real page-turner that confirms Robinson as a master of crime fiction.