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Innocent graves a novel of suspense

When last seen alive, sixteen-year-old Deborah Harrison was on her way home from school. Not long after, her body is found in the local cemetery. A suspect is apprehended and put under lock and key, but Detective Chief Inspector Banks is not convinced. There are too many loose ends: a vicar, accused of sexually harassing a refugee worker, who lies about his whereabouts at the time of the murder; a schoolteacher with a dark secret; a teenage thug who has threatened Deborah and her family with violence. And what about Deborah's own secrets? In this haunting novel, award-winning author Peter Robinson explores the themes of guilt and innocence, family secrets and family love, loss of faith and redemption.

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  • "When last seen alive, sixteen-year-old Deborah Harrison was on her way home from school. Not long after, her body is found in the local cemetery. A suspect is apprehended and put under lock and key, but Detective Chief Inspector Banks is not convinced. There are too many loose ends: a vicar, accused of sexually harassing a refugee worker, who lies about his whereabouts at the time of the murder; a schoolteacher with a dark secret; a teenage thug who has threatened Deborah and her family with violence. And what about Deborah's own secrets? In this haunting novel, award-winning author Peter Robinson explores the themes of guilt and innocence, family secrets and family love, loss of faith and redemption."@en
  • "aThe worst that can possibly happen . . . has.A beautiful child is dead--defiled and murdered in a lonely graveyard on a fog-shrouded evening. It is the sort of horrific crime Chief Inspector Alan Banks fled the city to escape. But the slaying of a bright and lovely teenager from a wealthy, respected family is not the end of a nightmare. Lies, dark secrets, unholy accusations, and hints of sexual depravity swirl around this abomination like leaves in an autumn wind, leading to a shattering travesty of justice that will brutally divide a devastated community with suspicion and hatred. But Banks must remain vigilant in his hunt--because when the devil is left free to pursue his terrible calling, more blood will surely flow."
  • "In England, a schoolgirl is strangled on church grounds and suspicion falls on the vicar, already involved in a sex scandal. But Inspector Banks thinks that a little too obvious and his probe leads him to a schoolteacher. By the author of Final Account."
  • "In England, a schoolgirl is strangled on church grounds and suspicion falls on the vicar, already involved in a sex scandal. But Inspector Banks thinks that a little too obvious and his probe leads him to a schoolteacher. By the author of Final Account."@en
  • "This novel explores the themes of guilt and innocence, family secrets and love, loss of faith and redemption."@en
  • "Although DI Banks had seen such crimes in London, the murder of a teenage girl seemd all the more shocking in a quiet Yorkshire village. No ordinary teenager, Deborah's father is a powerful financier, dealing with classified information, and Deborah herself had secrets of her own."@en
  • "One foggy night, Deborah Harrison is found lying in the churchyard behind St Mary's, Eastvale. She has been strangled with the strap of her own school satchel. But Deborah was no typical sixteen-year old. Her father was a powerful financier who moved in the highest echelons of industry, defence and classified information. And Deborah, it seemed, enjoyed keeping secrets of her own... With his colleague Detective Constable Susan Gay, Inspector Alan Banks moves along the many suspects, guilty of crimes large and small. And as he does so, plenty of sordid secrets and some deadly lies begin to emerge..."@en
  • "The murder of a teenage girl incites hatred, a shocking travesty of justice, and the devastation of a community in this chilling classic from the international bestselling author of "Close to Home.""@en
  • "Deborah's body is found grotesquely arranged in the local cemetery, and Inspector Banks must disover what happened on the foggy night she disappeared."@en

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
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  • "Detective and mystery fiction"
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  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Innocent graves a novel of suspense"@en
  • "Innocent graves : a novel of suspense"
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  • "Un gout de brouillard et de cendres"
  • "Der unschuldige Engel : Roman"
  • "Un goût de brouillard et de cendres"
  • "Innocent graves"@en
  • "Innocent graves"
  • "Innocent graves : an inspector Banks mystery"
  • "Innocent Graves: DCI Banks 8"@en
  • "Der unschuldige Engel Roman"
  • "Innocent grave : an Inspector bank mystery"@en
  • "Innocent graves : an Inspector Banks mystery"
  • "Innocent graves : an Inspector Banks mystery"@en
  • "Innocent graves an Inspector Banks mystery"

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