- Mystery, Alan Banks (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Police
The nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a pornographic website, and the girl's father turns to Detective Chief Inspector Alan banks for help. But these are typical circumstances, for the runaway is the daughter of a man who's determined to destroy the dedicated Yorkshire policeman's career and good name.
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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Peter Robinson
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 451
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Penguin Canada, Pan Macmillan
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9783548257891
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