The Summer That Never Was
 

The Summer That Never Was

by Peter Robinson

Having already shown, in 1999's In a Dry Season, that he can plumb historical homicide for gripping modern drama, Peter Robinson goes further in Close to Home, telling parallel stories about teenage boys lost in a grownup world, decades apart. The first is Graham Marshall, a childhood pal of Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, who vanished mysteriously in 1965, the supposed victim of a... (read more)

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AKKI ROX
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Really absorbing, peter robinson yet again proves that he's a maestro. Must read for people who like detective stories. Peter wonderfully manages two stories running on parallel tracks.
Great!!!!!!!!!!!

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