In the Dark Places

Published in the United Kingdom and Canada as Abattoir Blues

Louise Penny calls In the Dark Places "brilliant." Tess Gerritsen says it's "thrilling." And Michael Connelly describes Peter Robinson as "amazing." One of the world's greatest suspense writers returns with this sensational new novel featuring Inspector Alan Banks, hailed by Michael Connelly as "a man for all seasons."

It's a double mystery: Two young men have vanished, and the investigation leads to two troubling clues in two different locations.

As Banks and his team scramble for answers, the inquiry takes an even darker turn when a truck careens off an icy road in a freak hailstorm. In the wreckage, rescuers find the driver, who was killed on impact, as well as another body--a body that was dead well before the crash.

Snow falls. The body count rises. And Banks, perceptive and curious as ever, feels himself being drawn deeper into a web of crime, and at its center something--or someone--dark and dangerous lying in wait.

Vibrating with tension, ingeniously plotted, and filled with soul and poignancy, In the Dark Places is a remarkable achievement from this masterful talent.

Author: Peter Robinson
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 08/11/2015
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780062240545

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2015 pg. 80
Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 37
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015
Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 80
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2015
Library Journal 03/15/2015

About the Author
Robinson, Peter: -

One of the world's most popular and acclaimed writers, Peter Robinson is the best-selling, award-winning author of the DCI Banks series; he has also written two short-story collections and three stand-alone novels, which combined have sold more than ten million copies around the world. Among his many honors and prizes are the Edgar Award, the CWA (UK) Dagger in the Library Award, and the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Martin Beck Award.