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[Watching the Dark] by Peter Robinson
Alan Banks series Book #20
5 ★
A decorated policeman is murdered on the tranquil grounds of the St. Peter's Police Treatment Centre, shot through the heart with a crossbow arrow, and compromising photographs are discovered in his room. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is well aware that he must handle the highly sensitive and dangerously explosive investigation with the utmost discretion. And as he digs deeper, he discovers that the murder may be linked to an unsolved missing persons case from six years earlier...and the current crime may involve some very bad, crooked cops.I have never read a bad Peter Robinson book (knock on wood)...and this one was certainly no exception. This author has a way of setting the scene that raises the reader's anticipation page after page. The only thing that I found slightly "off putting" about this one was the times that Inspector Banks showed an unusual and unexpected childish side with very foolish actions that were unusual and unexpected from a man of his character and reputation. Otherwise a really great read.
