Abattoir Blues
- Published
- 1 January 2014
- Pages
- 472
- ISBN-13
- 9781471295942
- Type
- novel
About this book
Abattoir Blues (2014) is the twenty-second Inspector Banks novel at 472 pages, arriving between Children of the Revolution and When the Music's Over. It continues a series often compared to Inspector Morse or early Wallander for its slow-burn, atmosphere-first approach.
Key facts about Abattoir Blues
Peter Robinson wrote Abattoir Blues, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2014. The book has 472 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781471295942 to find the main one.
Abattoir Blues is book 22 of 28 in the Inspector Banks series. The series has 28 published books. However, the series starts with Gallows View (1987). Watching the Dark is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 August 2012.
That series sits on our police procedural shelf. Meanwhile, Standing in the Shadows is the latest published Peter Robinson book on file, from 2023.
About Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson was a British-Canadian crime novelist best known for the Inspector Alan Banks series, a long-running police procedural set in and around the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale. See every Peter Robinson book in order.
Its place in Inspector Banks
Abattoir Blues is book 22 in the Inspector Banks series. It follows Children of the Revolution. It is followed by When the Music's Over. See the full Inspector Banks reading order.
Alan Banks left a burnt-out career in the Metropolitan Police for what he expected to be a quieter posting in the fictional Yorkshire market town of Eastvale — and instead spent nearly three decades investigating murders that dig into the fault lines of small-town and rural England: old grudges, class resentment, and secrets that surface decades later. Peter Robinson wrote Banks as a genuine music and whisky enthusiast whose personal tastes colour the prose, and let his home life evolve in real time across the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781471295942