Inspector Banks · Book 5
Past Reason Hated
- Published
- 1 January 1991
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9780380733286
- Type
- novel
About this book
Past Reason Hated (1991) is the fifth Inspector Banks novel, a 352-page entry that came after The Hanging Valley. It sits in the tradition of literary, character-driven British crime writing Peter Robinson built the series around — atmosphere and moral ambiguity over twisty plotting.
Its place in Inspector Banks
Past Reason Hated is book 5 in the Inspector Banks series. It follows The Hanging Valley. It is followed by Wednesday's Child. 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 9780143012238
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780380733286