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In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks Mystery) | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter Robinson
Publisher: Macmillan
Category: Book
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 973632
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 0333780639
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780333780633
ASIN: 0333780639
Publication Date: April 21, 2000
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Amazon.co.uk Review
On the outs with their superiors, Detective Inspector Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot are lumbered with a case that is supposed to frustrate and annoy them--and find the challenge fascinating. When a reservoir dries out, a flooded village emerges and a boy finds a skeleton buried in an outhouse--by solid police work, and the use of experts, Banks and Cabbot find out who she was and when she died, and then have to find out why. The reader knows more than they do of course--elderly crime writer Vivien has written her own account of what happened during World War Two when she was an intense unhappy teenager, and this is presented in alternate chapters--but there are surprises still in store... An intense sense of period and a celebration of the virtues of solid investigation, this admirable combination of the police procedural and the psychological period thriller was nominated for the Edgar, the US crime writers' best of the year award. Peter Robinson's acute portrayal of his flawed, humane detectives and the charismatic doomed victim the truth of whose death they are trying to uncover has a desperate sadness which comes together in a climax of unexpected power. --Roz Kaveney
Amazon.co.uk Review
On the outs with their superiors, Detective Inspector Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot are lumbered with a case that is supposed to frustrate and annoy them--and find the challenge fascinating. When a reservoir dries out, a flooded village emerges and a boy finds a skeleton buried in an outhouse By solid police work, and the use of experts, Banks and Cabbot find out who she was and when she died, and then have to find out why. The reader knows more than they do of course--elderly crime writer Vivien has written her own account of what happened during World War II when she was an intense unhappy teenager, which we get in alternate chapters--but there are surprises still in store... An intense sense of period and a celebration of the virtues of solid investigation, this admirable combination of the police procedural and the psychological period thriller has been nominated for the Edgar, the US crime writers' best-of-the-year award. Peter Robinson's acute portrayal of his flawed, humane detectives and the charismatic doomed victim the truth of whose death they are trying to uncover has a desperate sadness which comes together in a climax of unexpected power. --Roz Kaveney
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 Unusual and interesting August 28, 2008
Donna L. Collings (Yorkshire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the crime genre anyway but had never read anything by Peter Robinson - it was on someone's list with other books I've enjoyed.
The main angle which attracted me was the flooded village as I grew up knowing about the Lady Bower Reservoir near Sheffield which was the same. However, within 3 pages - I was hooked! The dual timeline is so lovely to read as you really come to love the characters. The war aspect was interesting and I enjoyed the setting as I love that area of Yorkshire. It's very well written and I've now bought loads of his books.
My only extremely tiny gripe is the music. Sorry Peter, but I have to agree with other reviewers, I could do without the constant references to music, especially as it's not to everyone's taste anyway - certainly not mine! It's not too bad in this book and easily skipped over, but I can see it could become a bit wearing the more books you read. However, don't let this small thing put you off as it's an excellent read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Definately highly recommended.
 50 Year Old Murder Mystery June 22, 2008
PWS (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first Robinson mystery, and I really enjoyed it. Being an American, I was interested in all the details about the Dales and WWII in Britain. The mystery part of the story really held my interest, but Det. Banks's problems with his wife and son and his CD collection did not. But it is easy enough to skip over those parts. I'd certainly read another of his mysteries.
Excellent read August 27, 2007
J. R. Tant (London, UK)
This book is one of the best Bank's books so far. The story is very good and like the balance between the past and present.It also gives a great insight into Bank's mind about his life and where he stands.
Excellent Crime Fiction June 3, 2007
J. Chippindale (England)
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of thirteen previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and in 2002 he won the CWA Dagger in the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand and because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.
Many of the reservoirs dotted around Yorkshire and other parts of the country have strange things lurking beneath their surfaces. Woodland, old farm buildings and in the case of Thornfield reservoir a whole village was sacrificed in the name of progress and the populations `thirst' for water.
When a blistering summer causes a draught that sees the small village of Hobb's End resurface after more than forty years underwater, it becomes a magical place for one curious young boy, that is until he finds more than he bargained for, a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Banks is given the difficult if not impossible task of identifying the victim . . .
Excellent Crime Fiction June 3, 2007
J. Chippindale (England)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of thirteen previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and in 2002 he won the CWA Dagger in the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand and because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.
Many of the reservoirs dotted around Yorkshire and other parts of the country have strange things lurking beneath their surfaces. Woodland, old farm buildings and in the case of Thornfield reservoir a whole village was sacrificed in the name of progress and the populations `thirst' for water.
When a blistering summer causes a draught that sees the small village of Hobb's End resurface after more than forty years underwater, it becomes a magical place for one curious young boy, that is until he finds more than he bargained for, a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Banks is given the difficult if not impossible task of identifying the victim . . .
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