description: During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End, hidden from view for over 40 years. A young boy finds a human skeleton, and DCI Alan Banks sets out to uncover the murky past.
language: English
title: In A Dry Season
titlecomplete: In A Dry Season (Inspector Banks, #10)
characters: Dr. Burns, Gwen Shackleton, Edgar Konig, Brenda Hamilton, Sergeant Whitkirk, Sean (Sandra Banks), Francis Henderson, Dr. Jennings, Dr. Ioan Williams, Arthur Winchester, Frederick Kilnsey, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Dr. Jenny Fuller, George Henderson, Millicent Cummings, Jem Hylton, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Vivian Elmsley, John Webb, Betty Goodall, Wayne Dalton, Geoff Turner, Ken Blackstone, Sandra Banks, Cynthia Garmen, Inspector Harmond, Michael Stanhope, Annie Cabbot, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Detective Superintendent Davidson, Ronald Bingham, Michael Shackleton, Edith Kilnsey, Alice Poole, Charlie Markleson, Adam Kelly, Stan Patterson, Ruby Kettering, Brian Banks, Billy Joe Farrell, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Gloria Stringer, Brad Szikorski, Jeremiah “Jimmy” Riddle, Ray Cabbot, Graham Marshall, Elsie Patterson
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Banks, Detective, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Canada, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 10373
places: Harkside, Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire, England, London, England, Hobb's End, Yorkshire, England
series: Inspector Banks
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
category: Romans étrangers, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Hammett Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Pan MacMillan