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When the Music's Over

The 23rd DCI Banks novel from The Master of the Police Procedural

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 When the body of a young girl is found in a remote countryside lane, evidence suggests she was drugged, abused and thrown from a moving van - before being beaten to death.

While DI Annie Cabbot investigates the circumstances in which a 14-year-old could possibly fall victim to such a crime, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks must do the same - but the crime Banks is investigating is the coldest of cases. Fifty years ago Linda Palmer was attacked by celebrity entertainer Danny Caxton, yet no investigation ever took place. Now Caxton stands accused at the centre of a historical abuse investigation and it's Banks's first task as superintendent to find out the truth.

As more women step forward with accounts of Caxton's manipulation, Banks must piece together decades-old evidence. With his investigation uncovering things from the past that would rather stay hidden, he will be led down a path even darker than the one he set out to investigate . . .©2016 Eastvale Enterprises Inc. Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Fiction Banking Crime Suspense
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It’s hard to believe that this is the 23rd Detective Banks novel. I’ve read or listened to them all and am glad to say that in the present book the author has maintained his high standard of story-telling. Though a crime and detection novel this particular book, more than the others, delves deeply into social, and racial issues around two story lines of topics recently much in the news: historical sexual assaults by celebrities and grooming of underage white girls by older, Asian men. The latter storyline occupies more of the book as the author illustrates the social backgrounds of vulnerable young people who get sucked into binge drinking, drugs and sexual exploitation. Not the usual fare of crime novels but creates a more interesting listen that makes one think about the factors that lead to youngsters becoming easy prey.

I find the author’s predilection for digressions into the musical tastes of his characters, mainly DCI Banks, tedious, but that’s a minor irritation in an otherwise gripping novel with thought-provoking themes given more substance by being populated by well-rounded characters.

The narrator is excellent giving different accents to the various characters that adds to the impression that one is listening to real stories.

The topical crimes brought to life

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I liked the TV series and loved the audio book. great story, current and very up to date. great narration and I'll be back for the other 22 books in the series

a great story

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really good detective story juxatoposing historical and modern issues of sexual abuse of women

excellent

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Basically it boiled down to two unrelated stories being told concurrently. Thought the narrator sounded bored a lot of the time.

Disappointing

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It's been awhile since listening to a DCI Banks but found this one brilliant narrator was very good

Brilliant

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