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Jessica
Apr 10, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: england, mystery
There are some good elements here, but Tracy takes me out of the story entirely because I find her so frustrating. She's 24, purportedly smart, and has been living as an independent adult for some years, and yet Robinson has her behaving like a 15-year-old with a concussion in the early going. Her actions seem so inconsistent with the person she's been established to be in earlier entries. This one feels like a case where the concept (exploring the 'bad boy' archetype) runs roughshod over the ch ...more
Jen
Aug 25, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: first-reads, 2010
I received this book as a Firstreads book through Goodreads.

Bad Boy is the 19th book in a series, but it stands well by itself. I've never read any of the previous books, and I had no problems with this book. However, I've found that I want to know more about some of these characters, so I'm pretty sure that I'll be starting this series from the beginning.

DCI Banks is on holiday in America. He returns home to find that his daughter is effectively being held hostage by Jaff, the boyfriend of one
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