About the Author

PETER ROBINSON’S award-winning novels have been named a Best-Book-of-the-Year by Publishers Weekly, a Notable Book by the New York Times, and a Page-Turner-of-the-Week by People magazine. Robinson was born and brought up in Yorkshire, England, but has lived in North America for nearly twenty-five years.

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Critical acclaim for award-winning author
PETER ROBINSON
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CLOSE TO HOME

“SUSPENSEFUL AND ENGROSSING…

[It] offers a growing complexity of character,
motive, and event.”

Orlando Sentinel

“AN ELABORATE MYSTERY PLOT…

poignant, thoughtful…effective…refreshingly down-to-earth…[It] takes on a mature, substantial aspect that is especially welcome in police procedural fiction…And Mr. Robinson, like his hero, understands the deeply mixed emotions that accompany a return to the past.”

New York Times

“RICHLY COMPLEX…

satisfying and subtle…lots of suspense.”

Publishers Weekly

“WITH THE FADING OF

P.D. James and Ruth Rendell,

British crime fiction needs a new leader.

Peter Robinson may be the next top gun.”

San Antonio Express-News

“The novels of Peter Robinson are CHILLING, EVOCATIVE, deeply nuanced works of art.”

Dennis Lehane

“Very absorbing…a TAUT, TIGHTLY WOUND mystery…[that delivers] the pleasures of a thriller and the emotional weight of a literary novel.”

Madison Capital Times

“Robinson’s skill with the British police procedural has been BURNISHED to a high gloss.”

Chicago Tribune

“A highly entertaining book that will keep you up late…Robinson’s cops are as flawed as the rest of us, and even his VILLAINS ARE COMPLEX sorts…Close to Home should gain him a wider following.”

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“Among THE FINEST mystery writers.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Peter Robinson has been called the whodunit world’s BEST KEPT SECRET…He succeeds splendidly.”

San Diego Union-Tribune

“A superior detective…a SUPERIOR writer.”

Denver Post

“STRIKING…[a] well-crafted novel that examines and contrasts the 1960s and the present day…The story is a very good one and Banks continues to be an INTRIGUING character.”

Tampa Tribune

“Robinson brings a seamlessness to his creation of Banks and his world that has helped the series remain fresh…It’s [the] dips into English history and culture that make Robinson so READABLE, as well as his WELL-DETAILED villains, including a few British cops.”

Seattle Times

“Highly readable…[a] FIRST-CLASS STORYTELLER…Close to Home never fails to be entertaining, but its implications insist on being taken seriously.”

National Post

“Peter Robinson is an INCREDIBLE writer.”

Calgary Herald

“Returning to the world of Alan Banks is always A PLEASURE.”

Boston Globe

Also by Peter Robinson

GALLOWS VIEW

A DEDICATED MAN

A NECESSARY END

THE HANGING VALLEY

PAST REASON HATED

WEDNESDAY’S CHILD

FINAL ACCOUNT

INNOCENT GRAVES

BLOOD AT THE ROOT

IN A DRY SEASON

COLD IS THE GRAVE

AFTERMATH

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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