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A review by nonna7
Cold is the Grave by Peter Robinson
4.0
'm going to be really really sad when Peter Robinson is no longer writing. DI Alan Banks is one of the most complex characters in the crime fiction genre in my opinion. There's always so much going on, but he always inspires me to try some new music.
This book had, as always, so much going with competing investigations that come together in unusual ways.
Banks is surprised when Chief Constable Riddle who has made it his goal to get rid of Banks asks him to find his daughter who has run off to London. She had left home months ago at the age of 16 and, at first, they weren't worried and were, to be honest, relieved. Banks is shocked and surprised by their attitude. The only reason Riddle has asked him to find her is because her younger brother stumbled upon nude photos of her on the internet.
He finds her living with a wealthy man of dubious reputation who is surrounded by thugs. He has rock roots, but his present business is shady and unknown. He's only been told to find her and let her know that her parents would like her to come home. He does that and is ready to go home the next day when she shows up at his hotel room with a torn dress. She is frightened and wants to go home.
She is home for a while, but is still out partying although she has decided to take the A Levels she should have taken when she left school and go to college. Then she is found dead in a toilet stall after having ingested cocaine laced with strychnine.
What a twisted tale this is! The bodies start to mount up including the body of a small time criminal known to the police in the area.
The book ends not only with death but also incredible revelations that bring the book to a really shocking end.
This book had, as always, so much going with competing investigations that come together in unusual ways.
Banks is surprised when Chief Constable Riddle who has made it his goal to get rid of Banks asks him to find his daughter who has run off to London. She had left home months ago at the age of 16 and, at first, they weren't worried and were, to be honest, relieved. Banks is shocked and surprised by their attitude. The only reason Riddle has asked him to find her is because her younger brother stumbled upon nude photos of her on the internet.
He finds her living with a wealthy man of dubious reputation who is surrounded by thugs. He has rock roots, but his present business is shady and unknown. He's only been told to find her and let her know that her parents would like her to come home. He does that and is ready to go home the next day when she shows up at his hotel room with a torn dress. She is frightened and wants to go home.
She is home for a while, but is still out partying although she has decided to take the A Levels she should have taken when she left school and go to college. Then she is found dead in a toilet stall after having ingested cocaine laced with strychnine.
What a twisted tale this is! The bodies start to mount up including the body of a small time criminal known to the police in the area.
The book ends not only with death but also incredible revelations that bring the book to a really shocking end.