Cold Is The Grave is the 13th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson (novelist)

Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...

, published in 2000 and is 11th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks

Inspector Alan Banks

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is the fictional protagonist in a series of crime novels written by acclaimed writer Peter Robinson.-Background:...

 series. The novel won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel and the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France...

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Plot summary

Jimmy Riddle, the boss and antagonist of Alan Banks, is begging Banks to look for his daughter who has left her home to go to London. The search for the young girl is the start of a series of tragic events connected with the Riddle family with Banks as a reluctant key player. At the same time Banks and his colleagues are looking into the murders of a number of petty criminals involved in smuggling. In the background is the dodgy impressario Brian Clough, also connected to the Riddle family, luring.

External links

• Dedicated page on author's website