A review by balisally
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson

3.0

This is the best so far of the series - Robinson is finally showing some promise. Annie Cabbot is introduced and Jenny Fuller makes a come-back, which should set up some interesting dynamics in future novels. However, it's really easy to guess who the skeleton is, and who the murderer is, so it's not that great a read. And Robinson does have rather an annoying habit of explaining the obvious or offering up cliches for his views on life. Although I started reading the Insp. Banks series from the beginning, I'd recommend to anyone interested in this series to start with this particular book; you won't miss anything by not reading the previous 9 books. Not sure I'll continue with the rest of this series - Phillip Kerr is a much better writer, and offers a far more complex character in his Bernie Gunther than Banks will ever be.