From New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson comes this mesmerizing story within-a-story that will thrill his fans and bring him many new readers.
A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to speak to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. But Banks is abroad, and the woman s revelation of a loaded gun hidden in her daughter Erin s bedroom leads to a shocking fatality when a police armed-response team breaks into her house. The fallout will have dark consequences for Banks and his partner, DI Annie Cabbot. It turns out that Erin s best friend is Banks own daughter, Tracy . . . who was last seen in the company of the weapon s actual owner, a very bad boy indeed.
Now that his child is on the run with a psychopath, Banks finds himself caught in a bloody tangle of betrayal and murder. But the rogue DCI is a bit of a bad boy himself, and he ll freely risk his life and career in the cause of love and vengeance.
Thrilling, harrowing, and utterly compelling, Bad Boy showcases Peter Robinson s masterful writing.