Friend of the Devil

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781444791969

Price: £10.99

ON SALE: 19th June 2025

Genre: Crime & Mystery / Suspense

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MASTER A MAZE OF MURDER.

When a 19-year-old girl is found dead in a tangle of alleyways known as The Maze, DCI Alan Banks is called in to investigate. With no shortage of suspects, Banks soon finds himself missing DI Annie Cabbot. Their personal problems aside, he could really use her sharp instincts on the case.

But Annie has troubles of her own. She’s looking into another murder, and, on the face of it, the two deaths have nothing in common. But as Annie digs deeper, she finds something disturbingly familiar in the case.

Perhaps she and Banks will find themselves working together again a lot sooner than expected…

A thrilling Alan Banks mystery from the master of the police procedural, Peter Robinson.

Reviews

Readers will be on the edge of their seats
Publishers Weekly
Robinson once again puts his skills to work in a police procedural that grips like pliers
Independent on Sunday
If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology
Ian Rankin
It's neither the setting nor even the characters that makes Robinson's work so satisfying, but the plotting of Swiss-watch precision
Independent
Watch for those twists - they'll get you every time
Ian Rankin
Robinson once again puts his skills to work in a police procedural that grips like pliers
Independent on Sunday
Classic Robinson: a labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation
Observer
Peter Robinson is good at producing ingenious mysteries, and this one does not disappoint
Daily Telegraph
Readers will be on the edge of their seats
Publishers Weekly
Watch for those twists - they'll get you every time
Ian Rankin
Classic Robinson: a labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation
Observer
Peter Robinson is good at producing ingenious mysteries, and this one does not disappoint
Daily Telegraph