Inspector Banks · Book 23
When the Music's Over
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 692
- ISBN-13
- 9780062466389
- Type
- novel
About this book
When the Music's Over (2016), the twenty-third entry at 692 pages, is the longest in the series, following Abattoir Blues and preceding Sleeping in the Ground. Music has always coloured Peter Robinson's prose given Banks's own enthusiasm for it, making the title a fitting late addition.
Its place in Inspector Banks
When the Music's Over is book 23 in the Inspector Banks series. It follows Abattoir Blues. It is followed by Sleeping in the Ground. 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 9780062466389