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Not Safe After Dark

And Other Stories

by Peter Robinson
Simon Prebble
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Sleeping in the Ground comes this brilliantly nuanced short story collection of twenty stories—most never before published in the US, and one of them an Edgar winner—which also features three Inspector Banks tales.

Peter Robinson pens thrilling tales rich with keen observations, pitch perfect dialogue, and shocking plot twists that have fascinated readers all over the world and made him one of the greatest suspense novelists alive. His acclaimed novels featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks rank among the most celebrated police procedural series in modern fiction. In Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories, Robinson showcases once again his extraordinary talents with a collection of twenty stories, including three featuring Inspector Banks.
In "Going Back", Inspector Banks' trip to celebrate his parents' Golden Anniversary reveals how evil can wear many disguises. In the Edgar Award-winning "Missing in Action", the disappearance of a young boy in the early days of WWII sparks a mob mentality with chilling results. "Innocence" captures the desperate plight of a man trapped by a set of coincidences that derail his life and lead him down a path he was destined to travel. The title story, Not Safe After Dark, is an exhilarating tale with a sudden conclusion that will leave readers' hearts pounding.

Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories deftly explores the darkest edges of humanity in which everyday people must commit desperate acts as they face fear, temptation, and impulses too irresistible to control.

"American readers who know Robinson only through his nine Inspector Banks novels are in for a treat. . . . The finish throughout is faultless."—Kirkus Reviews

Publisher's note: Peter Robinson is both a widely acclaimed and internationally bestselling novelist and an Edgar-winning author of short stories. This special edition of Not Safe After Dark collects 20 of his finest short stories — previously published in different editions under the same title, but never before available in its entirety in the US. The new Not Safe After Dark is a publication to be celebrated by Robinson fans and newcomers alike.

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  • Release date

    December 5, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780062791689
      • File size: 430432 KB
      • Duration: 14:56:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      These four short stories by the author of the British police procedural series about Inspector Alan Banks are a pleasure. Two of the stories are about Inspector Banks, and two are non-Banks stories in the suspense genre. They should appeal to all mystery-lovers, and listeners who already know the Banks series will be intrigued by the different side of the character revealed in these stories. Stephen Hoye reads the Banks entries adequately, with perfectly good pacing but not a lot of imagination. Gabrielle de Cuir delivers a wickedly wonderful reading of "The Duke's Wife," and Stefan Rudnicki has a terrific time with the title story, the juiciest morsel of the set. R.E.K. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      This collection includes 20 fine short works of fiction by one talented author and four very good narrators. Three stories feature author Peter Robinson's series star, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. The other stories generally deal with crime and have a mixture of settings, motives, opportunities, and plot twists. This is an excellent audiobook. The narrators are outstanding, deftly handling accents and capturing the varying emotional tones of the different stories. The program is just shy of 15 hours long--a change in narrator every now and then helps break it up and keep it fresh. Banks fans may be a little disappointed that he is not in every story. G.S.D. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 2, 1998
      The hero of Robinson's novels (Wednesday's Child, etc.), Yorkshire Chief Inspector Alan Banks, appears in three of this collection's 13 stories, and one of the 13, "Innocence," won the Canadian Crime Writers Award for best short story. That tale displays well Robinson's gift for turning a familiar plot inside-out as strange circumstances overwhelm his characters. A man waits outside a school to meet a teacher friend, draws the suspicion of parents and finds himself charged with the murder of a schoolgirl. What happens after his trial is shocking but, in Robinson's hands, perfectly believable. There's a similar twist in the title story, wherein an out-of-town visitor ventures nervously into an urban park often described as unsafe at night. There's danger, all right, but not what the reader expects. In "Fan Mail," a mystery novelist agrees to advise a Walter Mitty-like husband on innovative ways to murder his wife; an old secret leads to a perverse result. The plots of the stories are mostly solid and the characters are always vivid. U.S. readers may particularly enjoy Robinson's take on his fellow Canadians coping with Florida and southern California.

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