num_pages: 384
description: From New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson comes this gripping thriller—in the tradition of Louise Penny and Elizabeth George—set in a picturesque Yorkshire village during the upcoming Christmas season...but one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday.Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal, and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's life…and death.She was a beautiful enigma, brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas. Leaving her past behind for a forbidden love affair, she mystified more than a few. And now she is dead, clothed only in her unshared mysteries and her blood.In this season of giving and forgiving, Banks is eager to absolve the innocent of their sins. But that must wait until the many facets of a perplexing puzzle are exposed and the dark circle of his investigation finally closes…and when a killer makes the next move.Past Reason Hated is a relentlessly suspenseful novel that shows why Peter Robinson is one of the world’s most acclaimed and popular mystery writers.
language: English
title: Past Reason Hated
titlecomplete: Past Reason Hated (Inspector Banks, #5)
characters: Ruth Dunn, Claude Ivers, Patrick Farlowe, Rachel Pierce, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Patsy Janowski, The Reverend Piers Catcott, Sandra Banks, Ursula Kelley, Marcia Cunningham, David Craig, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Susan Gay, Teresa Pedmore, Vic Manson, Phil Richmond, Fred Rowe, Peter Darby, Mr Hartley, Nancy Wood, Colm Grey, Rob Chalmers, Mike Tolliver, Christine Cooper, Tuffy Telford, James Conran, Billy Morley, Caroline Hartley, Carol Ellis, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Barney Merritt, Veronica Sheldon, David Cooper, Gary Hartley, Faith Green
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 6166
places: United Kingdom
series: Inspector Banks
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Arthur Ellis Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Avon