Not Safe After Dark: And Other Works

by PeterRobinson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $4.68

  Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that will explore our hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, lure us to new, exotic places only for us to wish we could run back home, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn...'Short stories offer a wonderful opportunity for the series writer to spread his wings and fly to new, exotic places, to meet different people and to try his hand at different styles.' - Peter Robinson. 'Readers who know Robinson only through his Inspector Banks novels are in for a treat' - Kirkus Reviews . 'It would be easy to become addicted to Robinson' - Observer .

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.29

  This collection comprises all of Peter Robinson's short crime tales, including four stories featuring Inspector Banks, a private-eye story set in Florida, and a romantic mystery set in Paris. The modern classic, 'Innocence', won the Crime Writer of Canada's Best Short Story Award. This collection also includes two historical stories.

  Whether he writes pure detective stories or heartbreakingly noir tales, Peter Robinson is a thoughtful writer who is one of the crime world's finest stylists.

  'Short stories offer a wonderful opportunity for the series writer to spread his wings and fly to new, exotic places, to meet different people and to try his hand at different styles.' PETER ROBINSON

  'Readers who know Robinson only through his Inspector Banks novels are in for a treat' KIRKUS REVIEWS

  This complete collection of Peter Robinson's short crime tales includes four stories featuring Inspector Banks, a private-eye story set in Florida, a romantic Parisian mystery, and the modern classic, `Innocence' - winner of the Crime Writer of Canada's Best Short Story Award.

  Whether writing pure detective fiction or heartbreaking noir, Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This anthology explores our hidden paranoia, challenges all that we take for granted and lures us to new, exotic places, only to make us wish that we could run back home.

  `Chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art' Dennis Lehane

  `Readers who know Robinson only through his Inspector Banks novels are in for a treat' Kirkus Reviews