Peter Robinson - Final Account

Acclaim for Final Account

Exceptionally good. As usual, Robinson provides a fine cast of characters [and] serves up as seamless a plot as one can find anywhere.

The Globe and Mail

Mr. Robinson has done his usual impressive job of pushing a plot forward by means of detailed police procedures and exacting character analysis. Not even the dead escape his unrelenting scrutiny.

The New York Times Book Review

Consummately crafted. High-quality crime from one of Canadas top crime writers.

Toronto Star

A complex but credible story that blends strong characterisation with exciting elements to produce a high-quality mystery novel that keeps surprises and suspense going right up to the last page.

Manchester Evening News

Robinsons seventh procedural maintains the sterling consistency of Wednesdays Child and all the others.

Kirkus Reviews

Acclaim for Past Reason Hated

Robinson writes the classic mystery, hewing to the time-honored format but managing also to keep the proceedings contemporary and fresh, largely through the creation of convincing and complex characters.

San Diego Union-Tribune

The best book yet in this superior series intriguing characters, a solid-gold Yorkshire setting and a slam-bang plot that keeps moving right up to the final chapter.

The Globe and Mail

A steady, clear-eyed revelation of Carolines personality, combined with piercing insight into an unusually generous circle of suspects.

Kirkus Reviews

Acclaim for Cold Is the Grave

Theres chills and plots aplenty in Peter Robinsons latest Inspector Banks mystery a satisfyingly complex story, freshened by psychological resonance and written in Robinsons usual elegant style.

Toronto Star

Robinson writes eminently readable and engrossing tales which never seem to last long enough.

Rocky Mountain News (Denver)

[Cold Is the Grave] displays a darker, more urban Banks and ventures into dangerous areas of sexuality and trust, as well as family relationships of different types and on different levels. This is crime-fiction writing at its best.

The Globe and Mail

Acclaim for Dead Right

Dead-on again. There is a sense of an older style of mystery writing at work within his series, a throwback to Josephine Tey and Ngaio Marsh. With nine Inspector Banks novels under his belt, Robinson has delivered enough instalments now to make for a satisfying long read, beginning with Gallows View and culminating with Dead Right.

Edmonton Journal

A very satisfying read. Like the late, great Raymond Chandler, Peter Robinson writes good mysteries laced with social comment.

Calgary Herald

You can maintain the quality in a series if you just pay careful attention to the details. Robinson does. This book is full of good characters and topical relevance. Robinson knows how to make a moral point and not lose sight of the story.

The Globe and Mail

PENGUIN CANADA

FINAL ACCOUNT

PETER ROBINSON grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire. He emigrated to Canada in 1974 and attended York University and the University of Windsor, where he was later writer-in-residence. His many awards include five Arthur Ellis Awards, the Edgar Award for best short story, The Crime Writers Associations Dagger in the Library Award, the Torgi talking book of the year, Frances Grand Prix de Littrature Policire and Swedens Martin Beck Award. His books have been published internationally to great acclaim and translated into fifteen languages. Peter Robinson lives in Toronto.

Other Inspector Banks mysteries

Gallows View

A Dedicated Man

A Necessary End

The Hanging Valley

Past Reason Hated

Wednesdays Child

Innocent Graves

Dead Right

In a Dry Season

Cold Is the Grave

Aftermath

The Summer That Never Was

Playing with Fire

Strange Affair

Piece of My Heart

Inspector Banks collections

Meet Inspector Banks

(includes Gallows View, A Dedicated Man and A Necessary End)

Inspector Banks Investigates

(includes The Hanging Valley, Past Reason Hated and Wednesdays Child)

The Return of Inspector Banks

(includes Innocent Graves, Final Account and Dead Right)

Also by Peter Robinson

Caedmons Song

No Cure for Love

Not Safe After Dark

FINAL ACCOUNT

Peter Robinson

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First published in a Viking Canada hardcover by Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., 1994

Published in Penguin Canada paperback by Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., 2003

Published in this edition, 2006

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Robinson, Peter, 1950

Final account : an Inspector Banks mystery / Peter Robinson.

ISBN-13: 978-0-14-305225-8

ISBN-10: 0-14-305225-X

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