num_pages: 372
description: Violence erupts at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Eastvale, leaving one policeman stabbed to death. At first there are over a hundred suspects, but then things narrow down to the people who live on "Maggie's Farm", an isolated house high on the daleside. Among the suspects is Dennis Osmond, a social worker involved with Jenny Fuller, Inspector Banks's friend. As if this isn't enough to cope with, Banks finds his freedom hampered by the appointment of an old enemy, Detective Superintendent Richard 'Dirty Dick' Burgess, to head the investigation. Finally, warned off the case, the only way Banks can salvage his career is by beating Burgess to the killer...
language: English
title: A Necessary End
titlecomplete: A Necessary End (Inspector Banks, #3)
characters: Abha Sutton, Zoe Hardacre, Rick Trelawney, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Dr. Jenny Fuller, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Dennis Osmond, Jack Crocker, Luna (A Necessary End), Paul Boyd, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Susan Gay, Detective Superintendent Richard 'Dirty Dick' Burgess, Vic Manson, Phil Richmond, Tim Fenton, Fred Rowe, Peter Darby, Mike Tolliver, Lawrence Courtney, Geoff Tingley, Liz Dale, Dorothy Wycombe, Seth Cotton, Police Constable Tony Grant, The Honourable Honoria Winstanley, MP, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Police Constable Edwin Gill, Barney Merritt, Julian Trelawney, Detective Chief Inspector Blake, Larry Grafton, Mara Delacey
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Police, Fiction, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 6627
places: Yorkshire, England
series: Inspector Banks
publisher: MacMillan