Sleeping in the Ground

An Inspector Banks Novel

By: Peter Robinson

Narrated by: James Langton

Michael Connelly calls Peter Robinson ""an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail.""

See why in Sleeping in the Ground, the gripping new novel starring Alan Banks — featuring an opening scene you'll never forget, and a finale you won't see coming.

At the doors of a charming country church, an unspeakable act destroys a wedding party. A huge manhunt ensues. The culprit is captured. The story is over.

Except it isn't. For Alan Banks, still struggling with a tragic loss of his own, there's something wrong about this case — something unresolved. Reteaming with profiler Jenny Fuller, the relentless detective deeper into the crime... deep enough to unearth long-buried secrets that reshape everything Banks thought he knew about the events outside that chapel.

And when at last the shocking truth becomes clear, it's almost too late.

Not so enjoyable

I only occasionally write a review but have to say this is one of the weaker Peter Robinson books. I found myself drifting towards the end, already bored with it. And who wants to confess on their deathbed to a lover of years ago, that they aborted their baby. It was a mawkish filler that made no sense. James Langton’s narration was competent but a little robotic. I much prefer Simon Prebble.

No Simon Prebble?

I definitely missed Simon Prebble's narration on this book. Book was okay. Parts were quite good.

Bring back Simon Prebble

Good story but the narrator was not up to the standard of Mr Prebble. Too many weird unconvincing accents

Banks is getting too old

This was pretty boring. As much about what was had for each meal, in detail, as well as each drink ( and there are many) as about the story, which is pretty much of a stretch anyway. I used to really like this author, but I think I’m done.
Also didn’t really like the reader; for one thing, he does women’s voices in a sort of soft simper - very inappropriate for cops.
I can’t believe it won an award.

A big drop down from #23.

I disliked the narrator a lot, who read the story like it was The Wind in the Willows. HATED his Banks voice, and Annie as well. He made them both sound two dimensional and weird. The last book was so great, this was a big come down. Thankfully the last three are all really good with a great narrator.