Published in the United Kingdom and Canada as Abattoir BluesDetective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is back in this crackling novel of suspense a moody and sophisticated mystery full of serpentine curves from New York Times bestselling Edgar Award-winning author Peter RobinsonOne of the worlds greatest suspense writers returns with this sensational new novel featuring Inspector Alan Banks hailed by Michael Connelly as a man for all seasonsIts a double mystery Two young men have vanished and the investigation leads to two troubling clues in two different locationsa scorched van and a peculiar bloodstain in an abandoned airport hangarAs Banks and his team scramble for answers the inquiry takes an even darker turn when a truck careens off an icy road in a freak hailstorm In the wreckage rescuers find the driver who was killed on impact as well as another bodya body that was dead well before the crashSnow falls The body count rises And Banks perceptive and curious as ever feels himself being drawn deeper into a web of crime and at its center somethingor someonedark and dangerous lying in waitVibrating with tension ingeniously plotted and filled with soul and poignancy In the Dark Places is a remarkable achievement from this masterful talent.
