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May 12, 2017gloryb rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I did not really enjoy reading this book. The plot was boring as it didn't really interest me. It dealt with Banks pursuing a cold case of a sexual assault involving a high profile celebrity now in his mid-eighties and Annie trying to solve the current murder of a 15 year old girl, a victim of sexual assault. Robinson though had fun writing this piece of fiction as it allowed him to fill paragraphs not only about songs and classical music, but, also, English poetry and Shakespeare that Banks was listening to, reading about, or just remembering. Even more annoying was Robinson's writing style in which he develops the two story lines mentioned above alternatively. Thus he can draw out his plot to fill over 400 pages. I also thought that how the detectives talked to the victims and the suspects seemed inappropriate. Annie, working now with a rookie constable instead of Banks, appears to be quite belligerent in her confrontations with suspects/members of the public. Banks seems to be falling for the main witness of the cold case. In this book, Robinson has promoted Banks, but it seems at the end of the book he may not like Banks in that position. Annie does, however, still have contact with Banks to whom she reports her progress in the case she is investigating. She has been paired with a naive rookie female constable, allowing Robinson to exploit the differences in their approach to the case they are working on. This book just wasn't satisfying on so many levels unlike Robinson's other novels featuring his detectives, Banks and Annie.