num_pages: 338
description: Robinson continues his acclaimed Ruth Rendell-like Yorkshire mystery series with this Christmas-time whodunit. Newly promoted Detective Constable Susan Gay is the first officer on the scene of the brutal murder of a woman with a disturbing past. A multitude of suspects are soon unearthed. . . .
language: English
title: Past Reason Hated
titlecomplete: Past Reason Hated (Inspector Banks, #5)
characters: Superintendent Gristhorpe, Tuffy Telford, Marcia Cunningham, Patsy Janowski, Patrick Farlowe, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Sandra Banks, Nancy Wood, David Craig, Fred Rowe, Vic Manson, Mike Tolliver, Phil Richmond, Rob Chalmers, Barney Merritt, The Reverend Piers Catcott, Rachel Pierce, Caroline Hartley, Claude Ivers, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, David Cooper, Carol Ellis, Ursula Kelley, Mr Hartley, Faith Green, Ruth Dunn, Peter Darby, Veronica Sheldon, Teresa Pedmore, James Conran, Susan Gay, Christine Cooper, Colm Grey, Billy Morley, Gary Hartley
genres: Fiction, Detective, Crime, Contemporary, Thriller, Audiobook, British Literature, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Mystery
ratings_count: 6179
places: United Kingdom
series: Inspector Banks
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Arthur Ellis Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Scribner Book Company