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Cold is the Grave won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel [10] and the 2006 Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. [11] Aftermath (2001) [ edit ]

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The Summer That Never Was, the 13th novel in the series, was originally published in 2003 in the United Kingdom. The book was retitled as Close to Home in the United States.

The series is set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. Robinson has stated that Eastvale is modelled on Ripon and Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road[ sic]. [1] A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales. If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists - they'll get you every time -- Ian Rankin The letter H can be useful to create some two-letter words but there are some longer, high scoring words too. Here are some examples.Janssen, Victoria "Fresh Meat: Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson" Criminal Element, 31 December 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2013. Solidly constructed and with some acute insights into the psychology of adolescent viciousness and middle-aged lust–a remarkable first novel which should have many successes.”— Eric Wright If you haven’t encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists – they’ll get you every time Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently relocated with his family from stressful London to the Yorkshire Dales, but soon finds that life in the countryside is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined. Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2014 - longlist announced". Harrogate Informer. 7 May 2014 . Retrieved 13 March 2022.