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Chief Inspector Alan Banks on the case

February 8, 2011February 8, 2011 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

I've recently experienced the crime solving of Henning Mankell's Inspector Kurt Wallander and Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret. I enjoyed both, but Peter Robinson's Inspector Alan Banks has got me hooked more. Here's what I found in his first book, as I continue to explore this genre of crime mysteries.

A troubled detective, faceless killers

January 16, 2011February 8, 2011 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

Kurt Wallander is Henning Mankell's inspector in nine crime mysteries published in the U.S., soon to be ten. His detective work is now a major TV series with Kenneth Branagh in Masterpiece Mystery! This is my first meeting with the sleuth.

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