The Price of Love and Other Stories - Hardcover

Robinson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771075448 ISBN 13: 9780771075445

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 2009

Synopsis

A dozen of the very best mystery stories from crime-fiction’s maestro, including one brand new Inspector Banks story.

Best known — and much admired — for his long-running and bestselling Inspector Banks series, Peter Robinson is also widely and highly praised by mystery mavens for his riveting short stories.

Robinson’s versatile talent is on full display in the twelve stories that comprise his latest short story collection, The Price of Love and Other Stories. Spellbinding plots, suspense that grips and won’t let go, utterly unpredictable twists, psychological truths both sweet and scary, characters you’d like to meet (and some you’d hope never to encounter), all set in places that are characters themselves — these are the fundamentals of story and mystery that Robinson plays like the virtuoso he is.

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From the Back Cover:

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a riveting collection of short fiction, marked by the piercing psychological insight and brilliant characterization that are hallmarks of his acclaimed novels

Ever since the publication of his first mystery featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has been steadily building a reputation for compulsively readable and perceptive novels that probe the dark side of human nature. Plumbing the territory that he has so successfully staked, The Price of Love and Other Stories includes two novellas and several stories featuring the Yorkshire policeman at his finest.

In the novella "Going Back," never before published in the United States, Banks returns home for a family reunion, only to find it taking a decidedly sinister turn. In "Like a Virgin," written especially for this volume, Banks revisits the period in his life and the terrible crime that led him to leave London for Eastvale. And in between, the disparate motives that move us to harm one another, from love and jealousy to greed and despair, are all explored with fascinating depth.

Edgy and smart, thrilling and suspenseful, this remarkable collection is a must-have for Robinson fans—and any fan of compelling crime fiction.

About the Author:

Yorkshire-born Peter Robinson is the author of the Inspector Banks series, which has been nominated for or won numerous awards, including the Edgar Award, the Dagger in the Library Award, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and several Arthur Ellis best novel awards. He splits his time between Toronto and Yorkshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0771075448
• ISBN 13: 9780771075445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328