A review by samanthawattam
Bad Boy by Peter Robinson

4.0

The 19th in the DCI Banks series and you always know you are going to get a page turner and riveting read and that's no different this time. A solid story, great atmosphere, thoroughly rounded characters for whom you care. It would be nice though if in the next novel we could get away from the too personal angle and go back to what coppers do and solve mysteries. As there was no actual mystery this time more of a cat and mouse pursuit. And there were one too many mavericks in the story going there own way. I must admit that I still prefer the old fashioned mystery the team working together to untangle the truth from the lies, the interview process where slowly DCI Banks and his colleagues pull the threads together which leads to each part of the puzzle until it all fits. Revealing what we all know that life is messy and complicated.

But no matter what I know I will eagerly read the next instalment of the DCI Banks narrative.