00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Robinson, Peter aut Verfasser/-in Kriminalroman suspense crime fiction Crime Novel Inspector Banks A Dedicated Man An Inspector Banks Novel Peter Robinson London Pan Books 2002 Inspector Banks Novel 2 New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson delivers a compelling and chilling story of evil in the most unexpected places - perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Ian Rankin. A dedicated man is dead in the wild outdoors - a former university professor, wealthy historian and archaeologist who loved his adopted village. It is a particularly heinous slaying, considering the esteem in which the victim, Harry Steadman, was held by his neighbors and colleagues - by everyone, it seems, except the one person who bludgeoned the life out of the respected scholar and left him half-buried in a farmer's field. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks left the violence of London behind for what he hoped would be the peaceful life of a country policeman. But the brutality of Steadman's murder only reinforces one ugly, indisputable truth: Evil can flourish in even the most beautiful of settings. There are dangerous secrets hidden in the history of this remote community that have already led to one death. And Banks will have to plumb a dark and shocking local past to find his way to a killer before yesterday's sins cause more blood to be shed.#"A Dedicated Man" is a riveting, fascinating, and thoroughly thrilling novel of suspense. 9780330491600 9780330491600 eng 288 Seiten