Blood at the Root: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)

There's a deliberate lack of excessive angst and glamour in Peter Robinson's books about Inspector Alan Banks and his fellow Yorkshire coppers, so first-time readers might think them bland. But under the books' placid surfaces, whole worlds of crime and justice are being worked out. In this ninth book in his increasingly popular series, Robinson gives Banks some serious problems of a personal and professional nature: a neglected wife and a ruthlessly ambitious superior. He also drops Banks into a frighteningly realistic neo-Nazi group called the Albion League, whose activities include drug dealing and murder. Other books in the series available in paperback include Innocent Graves, Final Account, Gallow's View, and Hanging Valley.

• Innocent Graves: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• In a Dry Season: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• Aftermath: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• Final Account: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• The Hanging Valley: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• Playing with Fire: A Novel of Suspense (Alan Banks Series)
• Wednesday's Child: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• Cold Is the Grave: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
• Close to Home (Inspector Banks Novels)