I can't believe it, but each book is better than the one before.Here, a group of schoolboys discover a body hanging in the woods, and Detective Inspector Annie Cabot gets the case. The body is identified as Mark Hardcastle, set and costume designer for the local Eastvale Theatre. The situation points to suicide, but other information makes Annie wonder. When a link to higher society is found, Banks is called back from his weekend off to take on the case.When Annie and Banks keep working on the case after being told it is cut and dried, strange things begin to happen. Someone seems to want the investigation shut down and is willing to play dirty.The ties to the play Othello that the Eastvale Theatre was presenting are an interesting twist. The plot is gripping and you feel the frustration that Annie and Banks come up against. Another good read in the DCI Alan Banks series, expertly narrated by Simon Prebble who does a wonderful job with a lot of diverse voices and accents. I marked this one down slightly for the storyline, which in some places just seemed a bit fantastical and hard to believe--sort of a conspiracy theorist's dream come true with government spies and intervention that makes an average man's life hell.
Do You like book All The Colours Of Darkness (2000)?
Least favorite of Inspector Banks. Spies and M16 aren't my cup of tea. But I do love Robinson.
—ZduGoat
Not read any of this series before a little convoluted but will try others in series
—Maddi
I like this series of novels, but this isn't one of the stronger ones.
—Dementium
