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A Dedicated Man: An Inspector Banks Mystery
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Avon Books
Publication date August 1, 1992
Pages 340
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780380716456
ISBN-10 0380716453
Dimensions 0.75 by 4.25 by 6.75 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $7.50
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Chief Inspector Alan Banks moved to the country to escape London's seedy, crime-ridden streets, so when a beloved academician and historian turns up brutally murdered in his quiet new town, he is determined to catch the killer. Reissue.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson delivers a compelling and chilling story of evil in the most unexpected places—perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Ian Rankin.

A dedicated man is dead in the wild outdoors—a former university professor, wealthy historian and archaeologist who loved his adopted village. It is a particularly heinous slaying, considering the esteem in which the victim, Harry Steadman, was held by his neighbors and colleagues—by everyone, it seems, except the one person who bludgeoned the life out of the respected scholar and left him half-buried in a farmer's field.

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks left the violence of London behind for what he hoped would be the peaceful life of a country policeman. But the brutality of Steadman's murder only reinforces one ugly, indisputable truth: Evil can flourish in even the most beautiful of settings. There are dangerous secrets hidden in the history of this remote community that have already led to one death. And Banks will have to plumb a dark and shocking local past to find his way to a killer before yesterday's sins cause more blood to be shed.

A Dedicated Man is a riveting, fascinating, and thoroughly thrilling novel of suspense.



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780684192659
 
from Scribner (July 1, 1991)
9780684192659 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: Chief inspector Alan Banks returns in a new English countryside mystery that features Banks looking into the past to find a clue to a tragedy and murder of today
Paperback
Book cover for 9780380716456
 
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Avon Books (August 1, 1992)
9780380716456 | details & prices | 340 pages | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.50
About: When a well-liked, respected former university professor is bludgeoned to death in his adopted village in the Yorkshire Dales, Chief Inspector Alan Banks must sift through dark secrets to solve this seemingly motiveless murder

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