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Dead Right (The Inspector Banks series) Paperback – July 11, 2019

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‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ Stephen King

Dead Right is the ninth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Innocent Graves.

A MAN IS MURDERED. RIOTS ARE IMMINENT. BANKS MUST SOLVE THE CASE.

The broken body of Jason Fox has been found in a dirty alleyway. At first it looks like a typical after-hours pub fight gone wrong. But Inspector Alan Banks soon realizes that the truth is rarely so straightforward . . .

Jason was a member of the Albion League, a white power organization. And there are many people who might have wished him dead: the Pakistani youths he had insulted in the pub that evening; the shady friends of his business partner; or someone within the Albion League itself.

And just as Banks begins to get a grip on the case, an unexpected discovery forces him to reconsider everything he believes . . .

Dead Right is followed by the tenth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, In A Dry Season.

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368 pages
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July 11, 2019
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18 years and up
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5.16 x 0.94 x 7.76 inches
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1509859136
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978-1509859139
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pan; New Edit/Cover edition (July 11, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509859136
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509859139
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.16 x 0.94 x 7.76 inches

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Peter Robinson's DCI Banks became a major ITV1 drama starring Stephen Tompkinson as Inspector Banks and Andrea Lowe as DI Annie Cabbot.

Peter's standalone novel BEFORE THE POISON won the IMBA's 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award. His critically acclaimed DCI Banks novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. In 2020 Peter was made a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada. Peter grew up in Yorkshire, and divided his time between Richmond, UK, and Canada until his death in 2022.

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Edwin Relf

Tight

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023

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Book 9 is tight and, in the line of literature in detective fiction, I give this 4 stars. It is in that genre's literature scope.

In this novel the chase for the killers and sussing out the motive and the complications and societal damage done by the perpetrators makes the action, - the succession of finding deeds, - fast.

It is curious though that the point of view of Robinson's principal characters to the deep problem of racism in this novel, does not carry through to the underlying sexism. The sexism is in all nine novlels so far. Robinson seems unaware of the hetrosexist male gaze. Oh yes, he does venture into something of the experience of women in a hetrosexist male world with two of the ongoing women characters in this novel, yet there is in the descriptive prose passages of his women charactes a view of women as useful only for how they look and how their skin tone and curves only exist for the predatory in hetrosexist male conquest.

Frankley I do not understand most of his men and their gaze. Even the hero, Banks. is faulty.

Yet there is hope that Robinson, as he goes on in time and outputs these novels, there is a sense of growing consciousness of his own sexism. I wonder wher he gets to by book 29

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Alison S. Coad

Excellent Series Continues

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2016

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When the badly beaten body of a young man is found in an alley late one Saturday night, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks not surprisingly assumes that it was the result of a drunken pub fight gone too far, but very soon he discovers that it is far more complicated than that. The victim was a known racist who had had a run-in with some Pakistani youngsters earlier that very same night, but even bringing those youths in for questioning is a delicate matter. And then there’s the question of the young man’s racist associates, who are only too pleased to blame the Pakistani kids…."Dead Right" is the ninth Inspector Banks novel, and one that includes far more than just the crime. There is the matter of British racism and nationalism, not an easy topic to tackle, and Banks must also deal with trouble in his own home, as well as the machinations of a superior officer who has it in for him. Quite a rich mix this time around, and definitely worth reading, but be aware that the final scene is particularly gruesome and might not be for everyone. Recommended!

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Susan

Another great one

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022

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If you haven't read any of this series before, you can anticipate a lot of enjoyable hours ahead of you.

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caroline dewilde

Always a good read!!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2022

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This series always delivers !

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Linda W.

Relevant social issues and tumult for Banks

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2017

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Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks' series is one of my favorites and I always enjoy accompanying Banks on a case. Blood at the Root was published in 1997 but the themes of racial bias and drugs have held up for 20 years since publication and if anything, have intensified as relevant issues.
Robinson's writing is strong with depth and dimension to characters and scenes. The plot seems somewhat weak. However, in this edition, Banks finds his life both professionally and personally burdened with tumult which makes picking up the next volume in the series a must for me.

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Edwyna Kirkness

Banks Against The Odds

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2013

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I enjoy the character of Inspector Banks. The plots are intricate and have many twists and not always easy to see the final result. Very gripping and I enjoy the realistic characters with their very human flaws.

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Michael A Turner

"Black "days for Banks.

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2016

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A chilling insight into the consequences of racism and intolerance ,with DCI Banks compassionate in unravelling the mystery

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2012

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Not Peter Robinson's best Inspector Banks book. Still very readable but if you have read a number of books in this series you become picky.

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M. Louise Ripley

Classic Robinson/Inspector Banks

Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2023

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The plots, the characters, the dialogue, the scenes, the suspense factor, everything about this man’s murder mysteries is great!

F. M. Havicon

Better writer than most

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2022

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Like a midsomer murder only with more gore. Dates back to 1997 when you still got decent crime novels, without all the blatant product placement and excessive use of italics and exclamation marks you get today. Robinson is a slightly better writer than Rankin and a much better writer than James (both of them!), but falls far short of Rendell, and doesn't handle the topic of this novel anywhere near as well. Rendell always wrote from neutrality, giving checked facts as evidence and allowing the reader to form an opinion, whereas Robinson hectors from the point of view of his main characters, pushing us to empathise with DCI Banks. Read Rendell's "Simisola" to compare styles.

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pphillips

A Tiny Step Back

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2014

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Dead Right the ninth book in the Peter Robinson authored Alan Banks series and sadly is in my opinion a slight step backwards from the highs of the previous three books.

The first thing to note is that this book is yet another departure for Robinson as it is the first book to be dominated by Banks personal life. Whilst the state of his marriage and his relationship with his children have always played a part in the books, Dead Right is almost dominated by developments in Alan Banks personal life and the effect these developments have on his frame of mind.

The case itself sees the team trying to track down the killer of a young man who has been kicked to death outside a club. A little digging reveals that the victim Jason Fox is a an active member of the very right wing Albion League and his extreme political views could possibly be the reason for his death.

This was a very enjoyable but somewhat dark book. The nature of the victims political views and the crisis developing in Alan's life means this is at times a very dark book. The story telling as usual with Robinson is wonderful, the twists and turns that you would expect are all here as are the wonderful cast of characters that Robinson has created.

One slight criticism is Susan Gay and her horrifically bad decisions in the men she dates. Sadly I felt that not only was this a rehashed story from a previous book, but it was also not very well hidden and the consequences could be seen coming from early on.

All in all this was a very enjoyable book that was a very good read. While it doesn't quiet hit the heights of the last two sensational Banks books I would still recommend it to any fans of the Banks series or fans of the crime genre in general.

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A. Linton

Slow moving and feels rather dated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2015

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I found this novel quite hard to get into and it remained unread on my Kindle until I basically ran out of other stuff to read, and decided to give it another try. It feels quite dated - I notice that it was published in 1997 - it feels like the author is making a rather heavy handed attempt to be politically correct with regard to female police officers/ethnic minorities and it doesn't quite come off. A lot of the time I felt preached at/patronised. His female cop, Susan, didn't seem very convincing to me and I think he is better at male characters. (Also does every female have to be secretly in love with Alan? - it becomes a bit tiresome after a while). Another problem is that the victim - a neo Nazi thug isn't particularly sympathetic and it's hard to drum up much concern about whether his killer is caught or not.

About halfway through interest in the investigation tails off and the focus switches to our hero's personal life - his wife has left him, his career isn't going well either and he copes with this mainly by getting drunk, listening to loud classical music (I felt for his neighbours!)or fantasising about various females in his life who might become more than friends due to his new single status. A lot of this stuff seems like classic middle aged male fantasy, but I can't say I was sorry to see the back of Sandra his wife whom I found intensely irritating.

The best part of the book by far is a trip to Amsterdam and there intriguing hints that the simple murder might be something much more, but after that it goes downhill rapidly and the ending is a bit of a disappointment, leaving the future of our hero Alan more or less hanging in the balance. Definitely more 'to be continued' than a proper ending.

Worth reading at the reduced price I paid for it, but I wouldn't pay the price they are currently asking it's not one of his better ones.

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Damaskcat

Dead Right

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2014

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A young man is found battered to death in an alley in Eastvale. What seems like a simple case of a fight after the pubs close going too far turns into a nightmare for DCI Alan Banks when it becomes clear that the dead man was a member of a sinister far right organisation. This is a story of friendship turned sour, confidences betrayed and it could just spell the end of Banks' career as the new Chief Constable seems to want to find fault with everything he does.

Banks has personal problems with his wife, Sandra, leaving him as she doesn't feel there is anything left in their marriage partly because he always puts work first. I enjoyed this tightly plotted story with its various strands all coming together in what seems like a conclusion but which actually has some more twists and turns to catch the reader out.

This is probably one of the best books in the series which I've read so far. Well written with believable and likeable characters and with villains whose motivations the reader can understand. Altogether this is an excellent series and I recommend it to anyone who likes police procedural crime stories which are more than angst ridden policemen hunting down vicious villains with blood spattering every page. Yes there is violence but it is described in a low-key factual style which somehow makes it more shocking than pages of graphic description would do.

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