BAD BOY

Peter Robinson
Hodder & Stoughton, Trade Paperback, $38.99

The new DCI Alan Banks novel

Chief Inspector Alan Banks has picked a particularly bad time to go on holiday. He is on the far side of America, easing his exhausted mind and body, when the mother of his daughter’s best friend comes looking for him to report a problem. She has found a gun in the girl’s cupboard and thought she would get a little advice if she talked to Alan about it. Pressed into discussing the matter with Banks’s colleague, DI Annie Cabot, she unwittingly unleashes a string of events that lead from one to another ... each aggressively worse than the one before.

This is another dark, classy and contemporary thriller from a master crime writer and author of twenty two books. Peter Robinson has again taken his title from a song for the novel – I’ve Been a Bad, Bad Boy by Paul Jones. In this case, it is moot whether it refers to the mercurial, vicious young villain or the rebellious, brooding and single-minded detective.

About the author

Peter Robinson was born in Yorkshire. After getting his BA Honours Degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds, he went to Canada and took his MA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor, with Joyce Carol Oates as his tutor, then a PhD in English at York University. He has taught at a number of Toronto community colleges and universities and served as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor, 1992-93. He has won many awards and nominations for his writing, and has been translated into eighteen languages. Last year he was awarded Doctor of Letters by the University of Leeds. He and his wife now divide their time between their homes in Canada and Yorkshire.

Author Tour 31 August-1 September
Peter Robinson will be touring New Zealand to promote Bad Boy.

Footnote:
Television has been crying out for DCI Alan Banks – and at last it has been confirmed that a two-part pilot episode will be made for the UK’s ITV network this year. Stephen Tompkinson will play the lead role.