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In a dry season : a novel of suspense

In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a killer who has escaped detection for half a century. Because the dark secret of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman even though the town that bred then has died'and long after its former residents have been scattered to far places . . . or themselves to the grave.</ From an acknowledged master writing at the peak of his storytelling powers comes a powerful, insightful, evocative, and searingly suspenseful novel of past crimes and present evil.</

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  • "Peter Robinson omnibus"
  • "In a dry season"
  • "Inspector Banks mystery"

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  • "In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a killer who has escaped detection for half a century. Because the dark secret of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman even though the town that bred then has died'and long after its former residents have been scattered to far places . . . or themselves to the grave.</ From an acknowledged master writing at the peak of his storytelling powers comes a powerful, insightful, evocative, and searingly suspenseful novel of past crimes and present evil.</"@en
  • "In Yorkshire, a dried water reservoir yields the skeleton of a woman who has been dead for fifty years. Inspector Banks learns the victim was a flirtatious World War II farm girl. The area was full of Yanks and her husband was at the front."
  • "In Yorkshire, a dried water reservoir yields the skeleton of a woman who has been dead for fifty years. Inspector Banks learns the victim was a flirtatious World War II farm girl. The area was full of Yanks and her husband was at the front."@en
  • "When a drought drains the local Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering a long-drowned small village and the skeleton of a murder victim from the 1940s, Detective Alan Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabot are called in to investigate."@en
  • "When a boy finds a skeleton buried in a dried-up reservoir, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is brought in to head what seems like a routine, dead-end investigation. He finds it is anything but. With the help of Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot, Banks uncovers long-kept secrets in a community that has resolutely concealed its past. As Banks and Cabbot unravel the deceptive and desperate relationships of a half-century ago, suspense heightens, and the past finally bursts into the present with terrifying consequences."@en
  • "In a dry season: In Yorkshire, a dried water reservoir yields the skeleton of a woman who has been dead for fifty years. Inspector Banks learns the victim was a flirtatious World War II farm girl. The area was full of Yanks and her husband was at the front. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has the impossible task of identifying the victim, in a place that no longer exists and whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks sets out to i=uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time."
  • "aIn the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a killer who has escaped detection for half a century. Because the dark secret of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman even though the town that bred then has died--and long after its former residents have been scattered to far places . . . or themselves to the grave.From an acknowledged master writing at the peak of his storytelling powers comes a powerful, insightful, evocative, and searingly suspenseful novel of past crimes and present evil."
  • "Un été torride frappe le Yorkshire, épuisant les réserves d'eau du lac artificiel de Thornfield et révélant alors les ruines d'un village oublié, Hobb's End. Un squelette humain y est découvert, enfoui sous la boue. L'inspecteur Alan Banks est chargé de l'identifier, avec l'aide d'une jeune enquêtrice, Annie Cabbot. Son improbable enquête l'amènera à sonder les ténèbres de son propre passé."
  • "During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground . . . until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks sets out to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time..."@en
  • "Als een gehucht in Yorkshire, dat destijds door de vorming van een waterreservoir onder water is verdwenen, na vijftig jaar weer tevoorschijn komt, rijst er tevens een skelet op."
  • "A dedicated man: The body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a drystone wall near the village of Helmthorpe, Swainsdale. Who on earth would want to kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man? Penny Cartwright, a beautiful folk singer with a mysterious past, a shady land-developer, Harry's editor and a local thriller writer are all suspects--and all are figures from Harry's previous, idyllic summers in the dale. A young girl, Sally Lumb, knows more than she lets on, and her knowledge could lead to danger. Inspector Banks's second case unearths disturbing secrets behind a bucolic facade"
  • "Banks investigates when a boy finds a skeleton in a dried-up reservoir."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Powieść kryminalna angielska"@pl

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  • "In a dry season : a novel of suspense"@en
  • "In a dry season : a novel of suspense"
  • "Saison seche [French Text] Peter Robinson"
  • "In einem heißen Sommer : Roman"
  • "In a dry season : an Inspector Banks mystery"
  • "In a dry season : an Inspector Banks mystery"@en
  • "In a dry season"
  • "In a dry season"@en
  • "In einem heissen Sommer : Roman"
  • "Saison sèche : roman"
  • "I en tør tid : kriminalroman"@da
  • "In a dry season ; a novel of suspence/cPeter Robinson"@en
  • "Kuiva kuuma kesä"@fi
  • "Saison sèche"
  • "In a dry season & A dedicated man : Inspector Banks mysteries"
  • "In a dry season : an Inspector Banks novel"
  • "In a dry season / Book 10"@en
  • "In a dry season : an inspector Banks mystery"
  • "I en tør tid : roman"@da
  • "I en tør tid : en sag for Alan Banks"@da
  • "Verdronken verleden"
  • "W czas posuchy"@pl
  • "In a dry season a novel of suspense"@en
  • "In einem heißen Sommer Roman"

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