num_pages: 352
description: In New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson’s heart-racing tale of suspense the case of a missing child is inextricably linked to that of the murder of a young man, sending Chief Inspector Alan Banks down a harrowing road to uncover the truth behind the crimes. It was a crime of staggering a seven-year-old girl taken from her working class Yorkshire home by an attractive young couple posing as social workers. Chief Inspector Alan Banks feels certain little Gemma Scupham is dead, yet the motive for her kidnapping remains a mystery. No ransom is ever demanded, nor could Gemma's tortured, guilt-ridden mother afford to pay one. And when the body of a young man is discovered in an abandoned mine, slain in a particularly brutal fashion, a disturbing perplexing case takes an even further sinister twist drawing Banks into the sordid depths of an evil more terrible and terrifying than anything the seasoned investigator has ever encountered. Utterly suspenseful and compelling, Wednesday's Child will leave readers guessing and on the edge of their seats.
language: English
title: Wednesday's Child
titlecomplete: Wednesday's Child (Inspector Banks, #6)
characters: Edie Johnson, Rachel Pierce, Constable Geoff Weaver, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Dr. Jenny Fuller, Carl Johnson, Ollie Watson, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Piet Kuykers, Mark Hudson, Miss Jerrid, Detective Inspector Loder, Sandra Banks, Peggy Graham, Gemma Scupham, Jeremy Chivers, Mandy Vernon, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Susan Gay, Vic Manson, Phil Richmond, Fred Rowe, Peter Darby, Brenda Scupham, Meg the hotel maid, Tracy Banks (aka Francesca), Roger Bingham, Lenora Carlyle, Linda Fish, Bruce Parkinson, Adam Harkness, Les Poole, Patricia Cummings, Brian Banks, Margery Bingham, John Fairley, Melville Westman, Gerald Mackenzie, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Elizabeth (Wednesday's Child), Barney Merritt, Burt Johnson
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Banks, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 7233
places: Yorkshire Dales, England
series: Inspector Banks
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks