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Aftermath

The Gripping 12th Novel in the Number One Bestselling Inspector Alan Banks Crime Series

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Aftermath

By: Peter Robinson
Narrated by: Simon Slater
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About this listen

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ – Stephen King

The Sunday Times bestseller, Aftermath, is the twelfth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Cold is the Grave.

A house of horror. A despicable serial killer. Banks's darkest case . . .

When a concerned neighbour calls the police to number 35 The Hill after a domestic disturbance, the two constables are led to a truly horrific scene. They unwittingly uncover an elusive serial killer known as the Chameleon. With the killer finally in custody it appears the nightmare is over.

Not for Banks though. Too many questions remain unanswered at the house of horrors. And then they discover there are more bodies than victims. Is the Chameleon killer just one monster of many? Banks must solve his darkest case yet.

Aftermath is followed by the thirteenth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, The Summer That Never Was.

 Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Crime Thriller Banking Suspense

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Critic reviews

It demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement
Move over Ian Rankin - there's a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author. With Aftermath, Chief Inspector Alan Banks emerges as a definite contender for fiction's new top cop
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The narrator doing a woman's voice (same voice for every female character!) is intensely annoying. Always making the women sound pathetic. I wish it had just been read in the usual voice throughout. Other than that, the narration is good.

Good story, kept me intrigued

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Always enjoy this series of books. This one was a little more graphic in parts but so gripping. Keeps you guessing til the end.

Gripping stuff

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One of the best Banks stories in the series, but also quite heavy, truly horrific, with vivid descriptions of the scenes, horrors, violence. The most difficult parts to listen to for me were the references to child abuse and torture. The book is so well written and as usual the investigation and story is followed through thoroughly, with interesting twist and turns into the stories of all the different main characters. But full of triggers and emotional pain, my heart was heavy and the ending as in the story provided no real resolve, just sadness. It is the story that touches on the horror of real life crime more than any of the previous ones in the series.

One of the best Banks stories

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Pleased to have refund the DCI Banks novels. Just when I thought I was running out of my favourite genre.

A gruesome but carefully drafted slice of life

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The narration is amazing for male characters by the female ones especially the ones with accent? Awful. Simply awful.

Interesting Story

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