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A review by skinnypenguin
Blood at the Root by Peter Robinson
3.0
DCI Banks is called to the scene of a dead body in the middle of the night. The person has been kicked to death and there is no ID. He starts an investigation to determine who the person is and what happened. Once they find out that the person was a neo-Nazi the problems begin. They bring in several Asian boys who had gotten into an altercation with the guy in a pub and there are charges of discrimination running rampant especially when the boys are released. As the cops delve deeper into the guy's past they discover the group he runs with is starting to get into drugs also.
Banks is having personal problems as his wife wants a separation which leads to stress for him. He is called to a mysterious meeting in Amsterdam that ends up causing him more grief when he gets back to Eastvale. The Chief Constable has it in for him and is determined to oust him by whatever means he can. One of his detectives, DC Gray, is having problems of her own. She is involved with another detective from a different area and she finds out he has been feeding information they discussed to the Chief Constable. She feels bad and tries even harder to help out Banks.
The group that the dead guy is a member of is very racist and at his funeral they incite his grandfather to attack them and he dies from a heart attack. Banks feels awful about this and definitely wants to bring down this group. Lots of political maneuvering and some back channel deals. Banks uses his connections with another detective, Ken Blackstone, in another district to help him get information and figure out who is really responsible for the guy's death.
Interesting topic of how racists work and effect everyone around them. Enjoy the DCI Banks series and the progression of his life and the other usual characters.
Banks is having personal problems as his wife wants a separation which leads to stress for him. He is called to a mysterious meeting in Amsterdam that ends up causing him more grief when he gets back to Eastvale. The Chief Constable has it in for him and is determined to oust him by whatever means he can. One of his detectives, DC Gray, is having problems of her own. She is involved with another detective from a different area and she finds out he has been feeding information they discussed to the Chief Constable. She feels bad and tries even harder to help out Banks.
The group that the dead guy is a member of is very racist and at his funeral they incite his grandfather to attack them and he dies from a heart attack. Banks feels awful about this and definitely wants to bring down this group. Lots of political maneuvering and some back channel deals. Banks uses his connections with another detective, Ken Blackstone, in another district to help him get information and figure out who is really responsible for the guy's death.
Interesting topic of how racists work and effect everyone around them. Enjoy the DCI Banks series and the progression of his life and the other usual characters.