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Blood at the Root

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New York Timesbestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson brings us a tantalizing tale of suspense in this classic Inspector Banks thriller.

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In the long shadows of an alley a young man is murdered by an unknown assailant. The shattering echoes of his death will be felt throughout a small provincial community on the edge—because the victim was far from innocent, a youth whose sordid secret life was a tangle of bewildering contradictions. Now a dedicated policeman beset by his own tormenting demons must follow the leads into the darkest corners of the human mind in order to catch a killer.

Delving into the complicated human psyche, Blood at the Rootshowcases Peter Robinson's singular talent in an exceptional novel of suspense that will linger in readers' minds long past the final page.

Themes
police
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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