Book Review : Sleeping In The Ground By Peter Robinson
Book Review : Sleeping In The Ground By Peter Robinson
The 24th
DCI Banks novel starts with a wedding and
a funeral. Banks is attending the funeral of his first love , Emily leaving him
in a bit of a sombre mood . Back in Eastvale meanwhile a beautiful local model
called Laura Tindall is getting married ,then an assassin opens fire and the man
banks and co think pulled the trigger is later found dead in his basement ,
having apparently committed suicide.......
Naturally its not
quite the slam dunk that banks and the team were hoping for as it seams that the
dead suspect Martin Edgeworth may not have committed the atrocity at all , so the
question that plagues Banks is if he didn’t do it who did?
Elsewhere banks finds finally finds out why Emily dumped him
after an old friend of theirs reveals all,
wont but lets just say it rocks him a bit and makes him reconsider his
whole life
So, whats the verdict then ? well Sleeping In The Ground
starts well but it goes down hill after 150 pages or so because , well? Not a
lot happens really , its not boring it just bogs down a little . that said though
the last 100 pages or so more than make up for it , the final act takes place
in an almost monsoon like rainstorm with new recruit Gerry Masterson going after
a gun wielding maniac all by herself with no back up. its masterfully written and
easy to on screen.
All in sleeping in the ground is an enjoyable entry to the Banks
series and is worth a read . and it serves as proof that after 24 Banks novels
Peter Robinson is near the top of the crime writing game, which as a fellow Yorkshireman
makes me very, very happy
Vedict : Good
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