Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (UK 2021) From the Publisher: In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats. The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the mysterious, lonely artist? As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend... Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. A DCI Banks Novel. Pan, ISBN: 9781509859986 (May, 2021), 462 p., £9.99.
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Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (UK 2016) From the Publisher: In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats. The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the mysterious, lonely artist? As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend... Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. Pan, ISBN: 9781509810789 (December, 2016), 446 p., £8.99.
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Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (UK 2011) From the Publisher: In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats. The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the mysterious, lonely artist? As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend... Then the arsonist strikes again, and Banks's powers of investigation are tested to the limit... Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. Pan, ISBN: 9780330544368 (August, 2011), 446 p., £7.99.
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Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (USA 2005) From the Publisher: The night sky is ablaze as flames engulf two barges moored side by side on an otherwise empty canal. On board are the blackened remains of two human beings. To the seasoned eye, this horror was no accident, the method so cruel and calculated that only the worst sort of fiend could have committed it. There are shocking secrets to be uncovered in the charred wreckage, grim evidence of lethal greed and twisted hunger, and of nightmare occurrences within the private confines of family. A terrible feeling is driving police inspector Alan Banks in his desperate hunt for answers -- an unshakable fear that this killer's work will not be done until Banks's own world is burned to the ground. Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. A Novel of Suspense. Avon Books, ISBN: 0061031100 (February, 2005), 417 p., $7.50.
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Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (UK 2004) From the Publisher: The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the mysterious, lonely artist? As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend... Then the arsonist strikes again, and Banks's powers of investigation are tested to the limit... Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. The New Inspector Banks Novel. Pan, ISBN: 033049161X (August, 2004), 446 p., £6.99.
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Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (USA 2004) From the Publisher: To the seasoned eye of Inspector Alan Banks, this horror was no accident, its method so cruel and calculated that only the worst sort of fiend could have committed the dark act. And it isn't long before the fears of Banks and D.I. Annie Cabbot are brutally confirmed, when another suspicious blaze incinerates a remote trailer in the countryside... and another solitary life is gruesomely consumed. But is it the work of a serial arsonist, or an ingeniously conceived plot to obliterate the trail to other heinous crimes? There are shocking secrets to be uncovered in the charred wreckage, grim evidence of lethal greed and twisted hunger, and of nightmare occurrences within the private confines of family. A terrible suspicion that a killer's work is not yet done drives Alan Banks as the hunt intensifies for an elusive, cold-blooded chameleon who could be anyone and anywhere. In Playing with Fire, award-winning, internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson delivers a modern masterwork of suspense that confirms his standing as one of the brightest literary lights in crime fiction -- a blistering tale of murder and betrayal that is as frightening, devastating, and hypnotic as flame itself. Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. A Novel of Suspense. William Morrow, ISBN: 006019877X (February, 2004), 354 p., $23.95.
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Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire (UK 2004) From the Publisher: As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend ... Then the arsonist strikes again, and Banks's powers of investigation are tested to the limit... Peter Robinson: Playing with Fire. The New Inspector Banks Novel. Macmillan, ISBN: 0333989325 (January, 2004), 375 p., £15.99.
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