num_pages: 467
description: 'A writer at the very height of his powers' - Ian Rankin. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has reached a turning point. With his wife now living with another man in London and his career in the doldrums thanks to Chief Constable Riddle, it is time to ring the changes. Perhaps a move to the National Crime Squad? Perhaps a second chance with Sandra? But then late one night, he is summoned to Riddle's house - and his plans take a surprising new turn. For the Chief Constable's sixteen-year-old daughter Emily has run away and for once Riddle wants Banks to use his unorthodox methods to find her without fuss.
language: English
title: Cold Is the Grave
titlecomplete: Cold Is the Grave (Inspector Banks, #11)
characters: Dr. Burns, Ron McLaughlin, Kevin Templeton, Ruth Walker, Benjamin Riddle, Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Inspector Chris Jessup, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Barry Clough, Wayne Dalton, Jamie Gilbert, Sandra Banks, Dennis Knightly, Annie Cabbot, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Vic Manson, Peter Darby, Ian Bennett, Tracy Banks (aka Francesca), Craig Newton, Brian Banks, Rosalind Riddle, Charlie Courage, Andy Handler, Emily Riddle, Jeremiah “Jimmy” Riddle, Graham Marshall
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Banks, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 7371
places: Eastvale, Yorkshire, England, London, England
series: Inspector Banks
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Arthur Ellis Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen
publisher: Pan Books