'Move over Ian Rankin - there's a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author...' Independent on Sunday

Following on from Playing With Fire, Strange Affair is the fifteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, which inspired the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.

When Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales to seek him out amidst the bright lights of London. But Roy seems to have vanished into thin air.

Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale, where a young woman has been found dead in her car. In the victim's pocket, scribbled on a slip of paper, police discover Banks's name and address.

Living in Roy's empty South Kensington house, Banks finds himself digging into the life of the brother he never really knew, nor even liked. And as he begins to uncover a few troubling surprises, the two cases become sinisterly entwined . . .

'The Banks novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market' - Stephen King

Strange Affair is Peter Robinson's fifteenth novel in the Inspector Banks series, which inspired the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.

About the Author

Peter Robinson is author of twenty-four books in the Number One Bestselling DCI Banks series as well as two collections of short stories and three standalone novels, including the Number One bestseller Before The Poison. Peter's critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world.

Peter's DCI Banks was a major ITV1 drama by Left Bank productions. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) plays Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) plays DI Annie Cabbot.

Peter's standalone novel Before the Poison won the IMBA's 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award.

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and lived between Richmond and Canada. He died in October 2022.

Reviews
The Banks novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market -- Stephen King
Inspector Banks is a man for all seasons. -- Michael Connelly
Thrilling - brilliantly plotted, beautifully paced -- Louise Penny
Exemplary * New York Times Book Review *
Exquisite * USA Today *



Book Information
ISBN 9781509859993
Author Peter Robinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 314g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 31mm