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Strange Affair

By: Peter Robinson
Narrated by: Neil Pearson
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Strange Affair is the fifteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Playing With Fire.

When Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales for the bright lights of London, to seek him out. But Roy seems to have vanished into thin air.

Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale, where a young woman has been found dead in her car. In the victim’s pocket, scribbled on a slip of paper, police discover Banks’ name and address.

Living in Roy's empty South Kensington house, Banks finds himself digging into the life of the brother he never really knew, nor even liked. And as he begins to uncover a few troubling surprises, the two cases become sinisterly entwined . . .

'The Banks novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market' Stephen King

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The Banks novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market (Stephen King)
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Well read by Neil Pearson. Usual high standard of writing by Peter Robinson, however, this one's a real strange one with descriptions that conjure up brutal, distasteful images. Not sure I do recommend this one but as I said earlier it is well written and read. So it's just personal choice.

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Although this version of the story is very heavily abridged, none of the essentials have been omitted. I have the unabridged version which is not well read (in my humble opinion) and tends to have too much information.

For me Neil Pearson is the original and best Banks and gives great continuity between the stories. The unabridged full length stories have had a few different readers now and they all put their own personality on the character. Pearson's accent is just right for the Londoner who has moved "up north" and his acting skills come to the fore when he has to create voices for the northern folk.

The story itself is very good and brings home to Banks the dirty end of the stick.

Highly recommended.

One of his best!

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