Angry
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I have just discovered Peter Robinson and have ordered all his books from this site. Very peeved that I have been sold the same book twice under different titles
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Double titles
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I have found that the safest way to buy Peter Robinson and Ian Rankin Books is through Amazon UK. I live in the US and they are always changing the titles. As I have traveled frequently to the UK over the years, I found that the Robinson and Rankin titles I often thought to be new books I hadn't seen, turned out to be the original tiles. After duplicating several books, I have found it just safer, if more expensive, to order the books directly from the UK when they are first published.
As a fan of Peter Robinson, I only gave this a 4 star rating as it just wasn't as strong a story. But, from here on out, it just gets better...
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Some of the Best Crime Writing Around
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Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and is the author of a number of previous novels featuring Inspector Banks. He is the winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and in 2002 he won the CWA Dagger in the Library. As I also come from Leeds the background to his stories is something that I have experienced first hand and because of this I have a special affection for his books. However they would be first class crime fiction wherever they were based.
A skeleton has been unearthed, it is not the skeleton of a full grown adult and mystery surrounds the find when the news hit the papers. Graham Marshall, a fourteen year old boy went missing while doing his paper round in 1965. The police never found any trace of him or his killer.
Graham's disappearance left his family devastated and his best friend, Alan Banks full of guilt. That friend from so long ago, Alan Banks has new become a Chief Inspector in the police and he is determined, not only to get himself assigned to the case but to get justice for his old friend. However he soon realises that in this case the boundary between the victim and the perpetrator and law-guardian and law-breaker, is becoming more and twisted and unclear.
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The summer that never was
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I have never read any of Peter Robinsons Books, neither am I a crime fan, but somehow rhis book appealed to me. So much so, that when I started to read it I found I could not put it down, I found it a simple page turner. I have now purchased two more of his books and cannot wait to read them. I just love how Peter Robinson swings from the 60's to the present date, mentioning things that have happened then and have happened now.
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Doubling up
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I have read all of Peter Robinson's novels and suspect that the Mass Market editions are all reprints of other titles.This book was originally titled The Summer That Never Was, as first class a read as we have come to expect from this author. Is it necessary to go to the ISBN numbers to avoid buying the same book twice? I'd be grateful for some feedback on this subject.
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