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Aftermath
Aftermath
Aftermath
Audiobook16 hours

Aftermath

Written by Peter Robinson

Narrated by Ron Keith

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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When Inspector Banks of Yorkshire investigates whether an abusive husband might be guilty of an unsolved string of murders, his suspicions are aroused by the details of the man's marriage. Is the suspect's wife a victim or could she be his accomplice? Popular with fans of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell, Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson has earned honors and critical praise for his Inspector Banks novels.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 22, 2004
ISBN9781449801663
Aftermath
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Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. Peter has written twenty-two books in the bestselling DCI Banks series as well as two collections of short stories and three standalone novels.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is the third Inspector Banks book that I'd read and this one is by far the most disturbing. The subject matter: serial killers is not a pleasant one and will elicit the prurient interest of some. Robinson flexes his writing muscle quite a bit in this book. This is the third approach to telling the murder mystery story in as many books that I have read by him. I must say this is quite impressive. In this case, Robinson's deft touch with details generates a disturbing book, a book that tries to tell the story of a series of teenage kidnapping. It is obvious that a serial killer is involved but Robinson doesn't start in the middle of the series of abductions and try to raise the tempo by describing the action as it happens. Instead, he tells the story at the discovery of the bodies in the killer's house and then he moves on from there, building his case slowly and at times,unexpectedly. The fact that the reader thinks they have an idea as to who is guilty raises the tension even more. The small bursts of information jolted me into places I didn't think the story would end up going. Robinson also continues to weave the story of Banks and Annie in and out of the narrative to provide brief respites to the reader, and with this story, the brief breaks are quite welcomed. The story is way too intense and the details too gruesome for a straight reading. I can't say I "enjoyed" the book. I will say that it kept me at the edge of my seat and it kept me quessing until the very end, which is what one would expect from a good murder mystery. I have come to enjoy reading about Alan Banks life, both professionally and personally, heck, I have even come to want to try Laphroig some time. The musical references are also quite appreciated too. It fulfills the meandering soul of an autodidact. Unlike the previous Banks books, I would take a deep breath before plunging in, but plunge in you must if you wish to be thoroughly absorbed into a great writer's work.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Can you imagine a book starting with catching the criminals instead of the death? Well this one has an even more incredible ending.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This novel deals with childhood sexual abuse (extreme), domestic abuse, police brutality and jumping to conclusions. One of the criminals is caught at the beginning and the abuse is also in the past, this novels deals mainly with the different ways abuse affects different people, the Aftermath of events. How some become abusers themselves and some don't. I peeked at the ending. It is the first time I have in this series. I really like this author, he is very interesting, his books aren't carbon copies of each other. I didn't peek because I was bored, I don't really know why I guess I just wanted to know the end before I finished the book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A well written novel which starts with the capture of a serial killer. D I Banks then tries to incriminate the killers wife and this is the meat of the book. Good characterisation and not a dull moment.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    With in the first few pages of Aftermath, a serial killer is found and nearly beaten to death by Probationary Police Constable Janet Taylor. Taylor’s male partner bleeds to death after being slashed with a machete by Terrence Payne, the alleged serial killer. After Payne is subdued and taken to the hospital, the bodies of young girls are discovered in various stages of decay in his home’s basement. The victims, it turns out, have been kidnapped, sexually assaulted and tortured, then murdered. This seems like an ending, not a beginning. But Acting Detective Superintendent Alan Banks believes there’s more to the story than meets the eye. What about Payne’s wife? How can she not have known her husband was murdering women in the basement? Or was she simply another of Payne’s victims? Banks’s love interest, Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot, has questions of her own. She’s conducting the department’s internal investigation into whether PC Taylor used excessive force when subduing Payne; most police officers believe she should be given a medal. Aftermath is NOT my kind of mystery. I typically select stories without too much violence and gore and with not-so-likeable victims. Within twenty pages, I had almost decided to set it aside and not finish it. I stayed with it, however, and found myself drawn into the story until I couldn’t put it down. I really liked Banks – he is a less cerebral and more flawed version of P.D. James’s Adam Dalgleish. All the main characters were well drawn, the plot was fast-paced, the story riveting, believable – if horrifying.Review based on publisher- or author-provided review copy.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This story begins with the culprit being caught, kind of. It's then that we join the current investigation into the crimes. The story is backward compared to many crime novels but that is what I enjoyed about it so much. Plus I do enjoy the characters in the Inspector Banks series and interested to enough to know and care what happens to them. Unfortuantely I've not read the books in order but it's still enjoyable.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The way most crime novels are written, they centre on the actual event. This one however, is about what happens after. Inspector Allan Banks has solved the disappearances of five young girls in north Yorkshire. He is left with cleaning up after, is a female neighbour a victim or accomplice?Why is there an extra body, and where is the one that should've been there? Also dealing with a personal life gone off the rails, including an ex-wife pregnant to her new boyfriend and a relationship with a colleague. Peter Robinsons novels are some of the best coming out of england lately, his Banks compares well with other heroes like Lynley (Elizabeth George), Rebus (Ian Rankin) and of course, Inspector Morse. Well worth a read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Inspector Alan Banks has a serial killer on his hands but the revelation of his identity is just the start of Banks' problems, as yet again he works his way through another well-plotted Peter Robinson story.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    An installment not to my tastes. Too much of the detective's romantic problems. The outcome to set by the initial circumstances. I would have been more interested in the procedures of forensic archeology.