{"product_id":"9781529343168-standing-in-the-shadows","title":"Standing in the Shadows","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe last novel in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant last novel  in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant last novel  in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best mystery-procedural series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' \u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN KING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\"[O]ne of the finest police procedural writers around. [\u003ci\u003eStanding in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e] is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson's best work' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLate November, 1980.\u003c\/b\u003e Student Nick Hartley returns from a  lecture to find his house full of police officers.  As he discovers that his  ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a nearby park, and her new  boyfriend is missing, he realises two things in quick succession: he is undoubtedly a suspect as he has  no convincing alibi, and he has own suspicions as to what might have happened .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLate November 2019. \u003c\/b\u003eAn dig near Scotch Corner unearths  a skeleton that turns out to be far more recent than the Roman remains the archaeologist is looking for.  Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team  are called in and, as an investigation into the find begins, the past and the present meet with devastating consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The master of the police procedural' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Robinson delivers an impeccably structured, engagingly spun performance. Robinson was a master of the police procedural and his thoughtful, nuanced work will endure' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40859510669409,"sku":"9781529343168","price":20.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27653128.jpg?v=1741219172","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529343168-standing-in-the-shadows","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}