In a Dry Season

ByPeter Robinson

Release Date: 2009-03-17
Genre: Police Procedural

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 124 Ratings

Description

New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson delivers an unforgettable, compelling thriller of a lost village and the deadly secrets that are unearthed upon its discovery—secrets that include murder.

In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservoir have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom—ruins that house the unidentified bones of a murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a sadistic killer who has escaped detection for half a century. For the dark secrets of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman, even though the town that bred them has died and its former residents have been scattered to far places—or even to their graves.

Demonstrating once again why Peter Robinson is a master of suspense, In a Dry Season is a powerful, insightful, and searing novel of past crimes and present evil.

Reviews

Highly recommend
5
By tatongt
I first started watching the series and I was hooked so I decided to start reading the book. I chose to read this book first instead of going back to the first book because it's the first time Banks met Annie. There was a definite chemistry between these two characters in the series and I want to read about them from the beginning. The case was very interesting with all the twists and turns. I was hooked. It's very addicitve. I just could not stop as I wanted to know more and more. I would recommend this book to anyone who love a good mystery, suspense, drama, and a bit of romance.
Different - all about relationship
4
By JRRansom
This book is way more than a who-done-it. It's really a story about relationships and the events around them over the course of many years. There is plenty of introspection on the parts of Alan and Gwen. The view of life in wartime Britain was interesting. The sense of loss and sorrow was often quite intense. Robinson sure knows how to make you feel 'sorry' for his characters. A simple tale really..., with really, no 'action'. Just 'interactions'.