Past Reason Hated (An Inspector Banks Mystery)

· Chief Inspector Banks series Book 5 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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Chief Inspector Alan Banks teams up with recently promoted detective Susan Gay to investigate the brutal murder of a woman with a secret, violent past in this British police procedural in the critically acclaimed Inspector Banks mystery series.

It’s the holiday season in a peaceful Yorkshire village, but there are no glad tidings for Caroline Hartley, brutally stabbed to death in her own home. Her body, naked and bloody, is found by her lover, Veronica, three days before Christmas. Detective Constable Susan Gay and Chief Inspector Alan Banks must unravel Caroline’s enigmatic past to discover her killer. This is no small task, as the suspects include Veronica’s ex-husband, a feminist poet, the cast and crew of Caroline’s play, and Caroline’s reclusive brother. Gay, recently promoted, has much at stake professionally, and Banks is keen to solve this murder mystery, but family secrets and hidden desires must first come to light.
Chief Inspector Alan Banks teams up with recently promoted detective Susan Gay to investigate the brutal murder of a woman with a secret, violent past in this British police procedural in the critically acclaimed Inspector Banks mystery series. It’s the holiday season in a peaceful Yorkshire vil...

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Jennifer Graziano
May 23, 2025
Death is scheduled on the calendar; not interrupting anyone too much, creating volunteer charity work to do. Solving various problems at crime scenes and tying up loose ends in the days afterward. The victim is always the area the crime scenes are in; the deceased has a first & last name. Money is a bit separate from area company supply stores; therefore, is directly applied to a person's worth. The calendar is first priority set by companies for their supplies and employee schedule; money is for worth. Emotional language is reserved for the weather and never agrees well with characters. It usually their scene and they want to use their words for the area; weather ones just don't fit. They always lose their argument.
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Peter Robinson is a Canadian crime writer born in Britain. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. Books from the Inspector Banks Mystery Series have been translated into more than fifteen languages; Past Reason Hated won the 1991 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel and Wednesday’s Child was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Robinson currently divides his time between North America and the UK.
Peter Robinson is a Canadian crime writer born in Britain. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. Books from the Inspector Banks Mystery Series have been translated into more than fifteen languages; Past Reason Hated won the 1991 Arthur Ellis Award ...

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