Many Rivers to Cross: A DCI Banks Novel

by Peter Robinson Narrated by Simon Prebble

Overview

Peter Robinson, the acclaimed author of the bestselling series Stephen King calls “the best now on the market,” returns with a gripping, emotionally charged mystery in which the revered detective Alan Banks must find the truth about a murder with possible racial overtones-and save a friend from ruin.

In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed in a wheelbarrow on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to solve this sensitive case. But tensions rise when they learn that the victim was stabbed somewhere else and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from?

Then, in a decayed area of Eastvale scheduled for redevelopment, a heroin addict is found dead. Was this just another tragic overdose or something darker?

To prevent tensions from reaching a boiling point, Banks must find answers quickly. Yet just when he needs to be his sharpest, the seasoned detective finds himself distracted by a close friend's increasingly precarious situation. He needs a break-and gets one when he finds a connection to a real estate developer that could be key to finding the truth.

With so many loose ends dangling, there is one thing Banks is sure of-solving the case may come at a terrible cost.

Editorial Reviews

APRIL 2020 - AudioFile

Narrator Simon Prebble’s skill makes this story ripped from today’s headlines fascinating—and alarming. Yorkshire’s Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is occupied with drug wars (locals against an Albanian mob), sex trafficking, and anti-Muslim activities. Listeners will be shocked when a harmless, old druggie, and a young Syrian boy are found murdered. Robinson’s usual engaging characters are mostly absent, while a new person, Zelda Melnic, takes center stage. But even Prebble’s superb Moldovan accent and impressive descriptive skills of this super recognizer (one who never forgets a face) fail to make her likable. Prebble excels with raw emotion and soulless thugs but adds levity when Banks questions 85-year-old Mrs. Grunfeld, a witness who sets him straight about the reliable observations of the elderly. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Booklist on Careless Love

As usual, Robinson provides a solid police procedural enhanced by the rugged Yorkshire setting. Banks himself—jazz and solitude-loving, difficult, somewhat melancholic, unlucky in love—is always fascinating... [F]or series fans, this one is a sure bet.

The Hamilton Spectator on Careless Love

Careless Love is another entertaining novel in the Inspector Banks series.

New York Times Book Review on Carless Love

Peter Robinson writes the kind of mysteries they don’t write anymore: smart, civilized whodunits that are intellectually challenging, emotionally engaging and always discreet.

APRIL 2020 - AudioFile

Narrator Simon Prebble’s skill makes this story ripped from today’s headlines fascinating—and alarming. Yorkshire’s Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is occupied with drug wars (locals against an Albanian mob), sex trafficking, and anti-Muslim activities. Listeners will be shocked when a harmless, old druggie, and a young Syrian boy are found murdered. Robinson’s usual engaging characters are mostly absent, while a new person, Zelda Melnic, takes center stage. But even Prebble’s superb Moldovan accent and impressive descriptive skills of this super recognizer (one who never forgets a face) fail to make her likable. Prebble excels with raw emotion and soulless thugs but adds levity when Banks questions 85-year-old Mrs. Grunfeld, a witness who sets him straight about the reliable observations of the elderly. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172952111
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/14/2020
Series:	Inspector Alan Banks Series , #26
Edition description:	Unabridged

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