Customer Reviews
For a Banks novice, patronising and slow moving.. - By: B. H. Whitehouse, 17 Dec 2008 
I don't need to be told that neo nazis are sickening, they just are. If I didn't happen to believe that anyway, I'd hardly change my mind on the basis of a throw away crime novel... The characters are just a bit too cartoonish, not much substance to many of them.
The plot evolves sluggishly, giving away too much too early without giving the reader a chance to deduce what's going on for themselves, not page turning material.
A Difficult One for Banks - By: J. Chippindale, 23 Jan 2008 
Peter Robinson grew upin Yorkshire, & is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awardsin the United States, Britain & Canada, &in 2002 he won the CWA Daggerin the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand & because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.
Having said that I can understand to a degree why some readers may not like the books. Banks is a character that has grown over several books & the author is very comfortable not only with the character of Banks, but all the other character too. To me this makes the stories flow because the author instinctively knows how his characters are going to reactin certain situations. The books are produced as a series & it is nice if you can read them allin the order they were written, but this is by no means compulsory as each book stands alone. They are what I would call `light' reading. By that I mean that they flow & not that they are third ratein any sense,in fact quite the opposite.
A young man has been kicked to deathin a filthy alleyway. The victim is a known racist & at first it looks like the result of a pub fight gone wrong, until that is Banks learns that Jason Fox, the victim was a member of a white power organization known as the Albion League. Fox was bound to have enemies but who hated him enough to kill him? The young Pakistanis he had insultedin the pub earlier? Shady friends of his business partner, Mark Wood? Someone who resented the teenager's growing powerin a brutal & unforgiving organization? One thing is for sure Banks is not going to be short of suspects . . .
A Difficult One for Banks - By: J. Chippindale, 03 Jun 2007 Peter Robinson grew upin Yorkshire, & is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awardsin the United States, Britain & Canada, &in 2002 he won the CWA Daggerin the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand & because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.
Having said that I can understand to a degree why some readers may not like the books. Banks is a character that has grown over several books & the author is very comfortable not only with the character of Banks, but all the other character too. To me this makes the stories flow because the author instinctively knows how his characters are going to reactin certain situations. The books are produced as a series & it is nice if you can read them allin the order they were written, but this is by no means compulsory as each book stands alone. They are what I would call `light' reading. By that I mean that they flow & not that they are third ratein any sense,in fact quite the opposite.
A young man has been kicked to deathin a filthy alleyway. The victim is a known racist & at first it looks like the result of a pub fight gone wrong, until that is Banks learns that Jason Fox, the victim was a member of a white power organization known as the Albion League. Fox was bound to have enemies but who hated him enough to kill him? The young Pakistanis he had insultedin the pub earlier? Shady friends of his business partner, mark Wood? Someone who resented the teenager's growing powerin a brutal & unforgiving organization? One thing is for sure Banks is not going to be short of suspects . . .
A Very Fine Mystery - By: Clarence T. Henry, 27 Feb 2006 
It started slow but eventually picked up speed. DCI Alan Banks & DC Susan Gray are mired what seems to be a racially motivated murder. The brutally beaten victim is a member of a neo-Nazi group & three Pakistanis had an altercation with the victimin the local pub before he died. As Banks & Gray explore the neo-Nazi groupin Eastvale & Leeds, their social lives take divergent paths. While Banks & his wife are growing apart, ultimately leading to separation, Susan Gray is starting to date again. With his love of classical music & devotion to work, Banks is a ubiquitous, amiable character.
Dead Right - By: , 01 Oct 2003 I have read every book about Inspector Banks & l can honestly say that l really enjoyed every single one from Peter Robinson, l am now waiting for his new one, so Peter, please hurry up !!!!!
