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The Summer That Never Was

The 13th DCI Banks Mystery

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The Summer That Never Was

By: Peter Robinson
Narrated by: Simon Slater
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About this listen

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I’m wrong’ – Stephen King

When a body is found, Banks must confront his past.

A skeleton has been unearthed. Soon the body is identified, and the horrific discovery hits the headlines.

Fourteen-year-old Graham Marshall went missing during his paper round in 1965. The police found no trace of him. His disappearance left his family shattered and his best friend, Alan Banks, full of guilt.

That friend has now become Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, and he is determined to bring justice for Graham. But he soon realizes that in this case the boundaries between victim and perpetrator, between law-guardian and law-breaker, are becoming increasingly blurred . . .

In The Summer That Never Was, Alan Banks must return home and face the greatest fear of his childhood. If you enjoyed it, then you’ll love the next instalment in the Banks series – which became the major British ITV drama DCI Banks – Playing With Fire.

©2008 Peter Robinson (P)2018 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Banking Thriller Crime Suspense

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Critic reviews

The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I’m wrong (Stephen King, Sunday Times bestselling author of Holly)
A powerfully moving work (Ian Rankin, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus novels)
Top-notch police procedure (Jeffery Deaver, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Lincoln Rhyme series)
Robinson is an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail (Michael Connelly, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Lincoln Lawyer series)
Peter Robinson is a master (Tess Gerritsen, author of the Rizzoli & Isles series)
Thrilling-brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced (Louise Penny, author of the Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries series)
All stars
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Loved it. Lots of turns. Well read, brilliant story got close to the characters, grest

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