num_pages: 480
description: When a drought drains the local Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering a long-drowned small village and the skeleton of a murder victim from the 1940s, Detective Alan Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabot must investigate the decades-old crime and unmask an evil secret from the past.
language: English
title: In a Dry Season
titlecomplete: In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks, #10)
characters: Ronald Bingham, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Cynthia Garmen, Elsie Patterson, Sandra Banks, Ken Blackstone, Annie Cabbot, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Ray Cabbot, Frederick Kilnsey, Gwen Shackleton, Inspector Harmond, Charlie Markleson, Billy Joe Farrell, Michael Shackleton, Stan Patterson, Millicent Cummings, Adam Kelly, Betty Goodall, Detective Superintendent Davidson, Edgar Konig, Brian Banks, Dr. Jenny Fuller, Francis Henderson, Brenda Hamilton, Sean (Sandra Banks), Vivian Elmsley, Wayne Dalton, Alice Poole, Ruby Kettering, Sergeant Whitkirk, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Brad Szikorski, Arthur Winchester, George Henderson, Geoff Turner, Dr. Burns, Michael Stanhope, Gloria Stringer, John Webb, Graham Marshall, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Jem Hylton, Dr. Ioan Williams, Jeremiah “Jimmy” Riddle, Dr. Jennings, Edith Kilnsey
genres: Canada, Thriller, Detective, Historical Fiction, Banks, Crime, British Literature, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 10366
places: Yorkshire, England, London, England, Hobb's End, Yorkshire, England, Harkside, 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: AVON Books