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Zelda, a police consultant and “super recognizer” who never forgot a face she has encountered, is a former sex slave and forced prostitute from the age of 17. She is the girlfriend of the artist father of Annie Cabott and a good friend of Banks. In a parallel investigation, Nelia Melnic, known as Zelda, was hunting on her own with Phil Keene, a former nemesis of Banks. Keene had burned down the detective’s house in a previous novel. Banks thought of Zelda. ‘I know someone who might be able to help you with any pictures you haven’t identified yet. She knows the sex traffic world inside out, and she’s a super-recognizer.’ The story itself was not bad, I would say it was even an improvement on the book #25, which in my opinion was the weakest one so far. I liked the new angle and the twist to the story that I did not really see coming and I am quite intrigued about the direction of this particular narrative in the future. That being said, for the first time ever I had multiple issues with the way the characters were portrayed, especially female ones. The author made several attempts at explaining to the reader why sex trade is morally wrong (duh?) but he continued to portray all female characters in a very sexual terms, always mentioning their looks and the way they sexually aroused all the men around them. There was a scene in the high school when Banks is actually wondering what sexual fantasies schoolboys might have about his female partner. Somehow I do not think that remark was super necessary for the plot, “realistic” as it may be because all it did was change my opinion about Banks from being a perceptive, intelligent detective to a sex obsessed aging man trying to feel more macho. Although Caedmon's Song is a standalone novella, it is related to Friend of the Devil, which is also related to Aftermath.

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I am a big fan of the Banks series mostly due to witty dialogues, interesting cases and detailed descriptions of the police procedural. The writing in this one has shifted in a way that makes me uncomfortable and I really hope that Peter Robinson reads his readers’ comments and continues to deliver an intelligent and thought-provoking books instead of confusing them with sexist messages. If not, the 27th Inspector Banks book will definitely be my last.And i'd agree with some of the other reviewers who have noted that Banks may be coming across as a bit of a bore... frankly he's starting to seem a bit creepy around women and tight-fisted to boot. a b c d e Sloniowski, Jeannette; Rose, Marilyn, eds. (25 March 2014). Detecting Canada: Essays on Canadian Crime Fiction, Television, and Film. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 9781554589289.

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Banks finds the threads of each case seem to be connected to the other, and to the dark side of organised crime in Eastvale. Does another thread link to his friend Zelda, who is facing her own dark side? The truth may be more complex – or much simpler – than it seems…

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The Summer that Never Was (2003), ISBN 9780333907443 (published in the United States as Close to Home) a b "Peter Robinson". inspectorbanks.com. Peter Robinson. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015 . Retrieved 24 August 2015.What Banks doesn’t know is that Zelda witnessed Keane talking to Mr Hawkins, her boss at the NCA. Zelda has a preternatural ability to recognize and remember faces: she’s positive in her ID. Zelda’s old friend Mati also has a horrific history of abuse and cruelty at the hands of ruthless men: she doesn’t understand Zelda’s reluctance to speak up. a b c d "A Statement from McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada on Peter Robinson". Penguin Random House. 7 October 2022 . Retrieved 7 October 2022.

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Peter Robinson, the prolific British Canadian crime novelist and creator of the popular Alan Banks series of books, has died, his publisher confirmed on Friday. The Toronto-based Robinson died on Oct. 4, 2022 after a brief illness at the age of 72. Their temperamental similarity to the Kray twins had been remarked on more than once, to the extent that in some quarters they were referred to as Reggie and Ronnie, though never to their faces.” It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. A skinny young boy is found dead – his body carelessly stuffed into wheelie bin. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called to investigate. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Was he discarded as rubbish, or left as a warning to someone? He looks Middle Eastern, but no one on the East Side Estate has seen him before.The Price of Love (2009), ISBN 9781848944374 (Short stories; includes an Inspector Banks novella and three Banks stories) DCI Banks author Peter Robinson dies aged 72". BBC News. 7 October 2022 . Retrieved 7 October 2022. The world has changed a lot since the first book, Gallows View, and that was published in 1987. People didn't even have mobile phones, there was no DNA analysis and computers were all in their infancy," said Robinson. My Mum is a great fan of Peter Robinson and I had heard very good things about his DCI Banks series, and so when I was invited to read his latest release via the Pigeonhole book club, I was very much looking forward to it. Timmy and Tommy Kerrigan were, on paper at least, owners of the old Bar None nightclub, now renamed The Vaults, just across the market square from where Banks and Joanna were sitting, along an amusement arcade, also on the square. They were crooks and thugs, suspected of involvement in drug dealing and prostitution, but Banks and his team had never been able to find enough evidence to charge them with anything,” Mr. Robinson writes. “Timmy was suspected of an unhealthy interest in teenage girls, whereas Tommy was gay and preferred young boys. Tommy also had a sadistic streak and a nasty temper, ready to explode at a moment’s notice.