A Necessary End

<p<b&lsquo;The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong&rsquo; &ndash; Stephen King</b<br<br<bFrom the master of police procedural and bestselling author of <iStanding in the Shadows</icomes <iA Necessary End</i, book three in Peter Robinson&rsquo;s Inspector Banks series.</b<br<brPeace destroyed. Lives in ruin. Banks must race to find the killer . . .<br<brEveryday life in Eastvale is shattered when a policeman is stabbed to death after an anti-nuclear demonstration turns violent. Superintendent &lsquo;Dirty Dick&rsquo; Burgess, Banks&rsquo;s nemesis, descends with vengeful fury on those he deems responsible.<br<brInspector Banks is uneasy about Burgess's mishandling of the case. Despite being warned off, he puts his career in jeopardy to continue his search for the truth &ndash; knowing that, if he wants to keep his job, he must beat Burgess to the killer . . .<br<br<b'Inspector Banks &ndash; a man for all seasons, he knows that often the answers to the clues he seeks are hidden in his own heart' &ndash; Michael Connelly, author of <iFair Warning</i</b<br<br<bAdapted into a major ITV drama, <iDCI Banks.<br<brA Necessary End </iis the third entry in this Yorkshire-based crime series. It is followed by book four, <iThe Hanging Valley</i.</b</p