In A Dry Season

An expert plotter with an eye for telling detail * The New York Times *It would be easy to become addicted to Robinson * The Observer *A powerfully moving work – Ian Rankin, author of the bestselling Inspector Rebus novelsTop-notch police procedure – Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author of The Final TwistA wonderful novel – Michael Connelly, bestselling author of Desert StarAn addictive crime-novel series * New York Times *A guaranteed page-turner * Mirror *Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can’t … A considerable achievement * Guardian *One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series * Independent *The master of the police procedural * Mail on Sunday *Near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers’ league * The Times *Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man * Observer *Peter Robinson emerges as a definite contender for fiction’s new top cop * Independent on Sunday *Absorbing * Scotsman *Atmospheric * Time Out *Exhilarating * Toronto Star *Peter Robison is a mystery writer’s mystery writer … I can’t imagine a more flawless police procedural * Globe and Mail *

Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks became a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson as Inspector Banks and Andrea Lowe as DI Annie Cabbot.

Peter’s stand-alone novel Before the Poison won the IMBA’s 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter’s sixth Arthur Ellis award. His critically acclaimed DCI Banks novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. In 2020 Peter was made a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada.

Peter grew up in Yorkshire, and divided his time between Richmond, UK, and Canada until his death in 2022.

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