The Price of Love

Peter Robinson, geb. 1950 in Yorkshire, lebt in Toronto, Kanada. Er feiert mit seiner Serie um den sympathischen und sehr menschlichen Inspector Alan Banks diesseits und jenseits des Atlantiks große Erfolge und erhielt zahlreiche Preise in den USA, Großbritannien und Europa. Großbritannien besucht er regelmäßig, aber außerhalb zu leben, bringt seiner Meinung nach 'eine sehr sinnvolle Distanz zu Großbritannien'.

'The writing is, as always with Robinson, colourful and evocative, and the characters are brilliant in their unpersonable way. This book is a must for Robinson completists, of course, but also for anyone who appreciates good stories well told.' -- Globe and Mail, Canada 'THE PRICE OF LOVE is [Peter Robinson's] second collection of short stories and once again displays his ability to move between different forms of crime fiction writing ... suspenseful ... provides the reader with interesting insights into Banks's early days on the police beat' -- Sunday Canberra Times Praise for Piece of My Heart and Friend of the Devil -- : 'Peter Robinson has for too long, and unfairly, been in the shadow of Ian Rankin; perhaps PIECE OF MY HEART, the latest in the Chief Inspector Banks series, will give him the status he deserves, near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league ... PIECE OF MY HEART brilliantly interweaves past and present, providing two strands of tension for the price of one, and further enhancing Alan Banks's reputation as one of crime fiction's most appealing cops.' -- Marcel Berlins, The Times 'Peter Robinson is good at producing ingenious mysteries, and this one does not disappoint' -- Susanna Yager, Daily Telegraph 'A police procedural that grips like pliers' -- Independent on Sunday