The Price of Love and Other Stories
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- 11,99 $
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Description de l’éditeur
A dozen of the very best mystery stories from crime-fiction’s maestro, including a new Inspector Banks story.
Best known—and much admired—for his long-running and bestselling Inspector Banks series, Peter Robinson is also widely and highly praised by mystery mavens for his riveting short stories.
Robinson’s versatile talent is on full display in the twelve stories that comprise his latest short story collection, The Price of Love and Other Stories. Spellbinding plots, suspense that grips and won’t let go, utterly unpredictable twists, psychological truths both sweet and scary, characters you’d like to meet (and some you’d hope never to encounter), all set in places that are characters themselves—these are the fundamentals of story and mystery that Robinson plays like the virtuoso he is.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Robinson (All the Colors of Darkness) proves that Yorkshire coppers aren't his only worthwhile subjects in this outstanding story collection. Crime in its myriad forms runs throughout, from an American GI falsely accused of rape during WWII in "Cornelius Jubb" to a detective remembering his childhood role in bringing down a gang of robbers in "The Price of Love." The settings range from the familiar Eastvale of the Inspector Banks series to Robinson's current home in Toronto. He even tries his hand at noir in "The Cherub Affair," complete with a down-on-his-luck PI and a beautiful woman in need of help. Banks fans will be delighted with the inclusion of two short stories and two novellas starring the Yorkshire detective chief inspector, one of which, "Like a Virgin," is original to this book. For those unfamiliar with Robinson's work, this serves as an excellent introduction to one of the best voices in contemporary crime fiction.
