In a Dry Season

In a Dry Season

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name = In A Dry Season
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author = Peter Robinson
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country = Canada
language = English
series = Inspector Alan Banks, #10
genre = Crime novel
publisher = Macmillan
release_date = 1999
media_type = Print (Hardback), (Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 0330392018
preceded_by = Dead Right
followed_by = Cold is the Grave

" In A Dry Season " is the 12th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 1999 and is 10th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series. The novel is widely acclaimed as Robinson's best, a large step forward in ambition from previous books, and this was reflected in its critical and commcercial response. The novel was shortlisted for the American Edgar Award and won the Anthony Award.

Plot summary

The novel concerns the unearthing of a skeleton from the sunken village of Hobb's End, which was turned into a reservoir during the war and now, due to severe dry weather, has been revealed again. The novel is told in two strands, one in the present, and one in the 1940s from the time just before the reservoir was created.

External links

* [http://www.inspectorbanks.com/books/in-a-dry-season/ Dedicated page on author's website]


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