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Title: Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Mystery by Peter Robinson ISBN: 0-380-73328-5 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Satisfying, solid mystery
Comment: Peter Robinson always produces a solid, interesting mystery. His main character, Alan Banks, is a complex, compassionate police inspector with problems of his own. A thoughtful man with a love of classical music, Banks does not have the literary knowledge of Shakespeare or contemporary myster writers of his author. (I thought it amusing that one of the characters makes a flip comment comparing Banks to a P.D. James detective which goes completely over Banks' head.)
Robinson cleverly weaves elements of Shakespeare, classical liturgical music, and sexual identity into a complex psychological mystery. As always, Robinson portrays Yorkshire in a convincing, vivid way.
A satisfying read, this book is not quite up to the standards of his later works. That doesn't take anything away from this book, but simply reflects how much Robinson grew as an author in later books. "In a Dry Season" is my favorite of his works, and one of the best recreations of 1940s and contemporary Yorkshire in print.
Rating: 3
Summary: Plodding through the slush
Comment: Chilling portrayal of Yorkshire winter weather. I shivered throughout, from the meteorological descriptions, not the plot. This is an OK British dullsville police procedural of the Greeneland lite school, with a who-cares plot and at least 100 pages of padding. The one who dun it stood out like a sore thumb at first introduction. I give it three instead of two stars because it is literate and the dialogue works. Some interesting asides on twentieth century classical music. I find it difficult to believe that British police can get away with so much drinking on the job. But maybe they can. Maybe that's why it takes them those extra 100 pages to see what's in front of their nose.
Rating: 5
Summary: A murder mystery with a difference.
Comment: "Past Reason Hated," by Peter Robinson, differs from the run-of-the-mill murder mystery. Inspector Banks, who is the sleuth in this series, is always fascinating. He is a chain smoker who enjoys drinking. He loves classical music, although he is not overly intellectual. Banks truly shines in his ability to communicate with suspects in a murder investigation. Banks is the best interviewer in the business. He has unerring intuition when it comes to spotting lies and evasions, and he has a way of getting people to reveal a great deal of themselves. Most of all, he cares about seeing justice done, no matter how long it takes and no matter whom it may hurt. In this novel, a young amateur actress named Caroline Hartley is found brutally murdered. She has had a tumultuous life, and any number of people might have had reason to kill her. Banks interviews those who knew Caroline years ago, as well as those who were closely involved with her shortly before her death. "Past Reason Hated" deals with such themes as struggling to come to terms with one's sexuality, the fears that cause people to commit irrational acts and the complicated and inexplicable nature of human relationships. "Past Reason Hated" is an engrossing and satisfying psychological mystery.
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Title: A Dedicated Man by Peter Robinson ISBN: 0380716453 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Necessary End by Peter Robinson ISBN: 0380719460 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Gallows View: The First Inspector Banks Mystery by Peter Robinson ISBN: 0380714000 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Hanging Valley : An Inspector Banks Novel by Peter Robinson ISBN: 038082048X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blood at the Root by Peter Robinson ISBN: 0380794764 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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