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lazygal 's review for:
In a Dry Season
by Peter Robinson
It's getting repetitive for me to say that reading this series out of order is not necessarily a bad thing... but it's also not always a good thing. Here, Banks meets Cabbot for the first time, something that plays a large role in the later books.
I've lived near reservoirs that covered villages and watched the walls and paths reappear as the water levels dropped. Luckily, there have been no bodies buried when the village reappeared! Banks and Cabbot, on the other hand, aren't that lucky. Cabbot because she's on duty in the area that covers Hobb's End (if it were still a village and not flooded) and Banks because a superior officer needs to be sent, and his boss hates him. Who is the dead woman? It's been 40+ years, after all.
As always, Robinson fills this with music and flashbacks to previous books as well as to the events leading up to the murder. The ending is a little surprising, but not completely if you're paying attention. Now I have to figure out which books I haven't read, and finally fill in the blanks.
I've lived near reservoirs that covered villages and watched the walls and paths reappear as the water levels dropped. Luckily, there have been no bodies buried when the village reappeared! Banks and Cabbot, on the other hand, aren't that lucky. Cabbot because she's on duty in the area that covers Hobb's End (if it were still a village and not flooded) and Banks because a superior officer needs to be sent, and his boss hates him. Who is the dead woman? It's been 40+ years, after all.
As always, Robinson fills this with music and flashbacks to previous books as well as to the events leading up to the murder. The ending is a little surprising, but not completely if you're paying attention. Now I have to figure out which books I haven't read, and finally fill in the blanks.