{"product_id":"9781035058433","title":"In A Dry Season","description":"Author: Peter Robinson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035058433\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 544 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ – Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA lost village. Past crimes. Present evil.\u003c\/b\u003e During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End – hidden from view for over forty years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet is a magical playground . . . until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim – a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but DCI Banks is determined to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time . . . \u003cb\u003eWidely acclaimed as Robinson's best and most ambitious novel, \u003ci\u003eIn a Dry Season\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping, high-paced tale in which past truths and presents secrets collide. If you enjoyed it, then you'll love the next instalment in the Banks series - which became the major British ITV Drama \u003ci\u003eDCI Banks\u003c\/i\u003e – \u003ci\u003eCold is the Grave\u003c\/i\u003e. ***** Critical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series: 'A powerfully moving work' –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin 'Top-notch police procedure' – Jeffery Deaver 'A wonderful novel' – Michael Connelly 'An addictive crime-novel series' – \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 'A guaranteed page-turner' – \u003ci\u003eMirror\u003c\/i\u003e 'Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement' – \u003ci\u003eGuardian '\u003c\/i\u003eOne of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series' – \u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003e 'The master of police procedural' – \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003e 'Near, perhaps, even at the top of, the British crime writers' league' – \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e 'Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man' – \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524195176606,"sku":"TLD-9781035058433","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035058433.jpg?v=1771389919","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035058433","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}