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Past Reason Hated

by (author) Peter Robinson

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Jul 2006
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143052241
    Publish Date
    Jul 2006
    List Price
    $20
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780670837977
    Publish Date
    Jun 1991
    List Price
    $25.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780140148428
    Publish Date
    Jun 1992
    List Price
    $8.99

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It looks like a tranquil Christmas scene in a cozy living room—log fire, brightly lit tree, sheepskin rug, Vivaldi on the record player—but the appearance is deceptive. Caroline Hartley, the woman lying on the couch, has been brutally murdered.

In Past Reason Hated, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks uncovers the unusual and disturbing past of a victim for whom secrecy was a way of life. He finds a multitude of suspects: Caroline’s lover, Veronica Shildon; Veronica’s ex-husband, a famous composer; a feminist poet; the cast of a play Caroline was rehearsing for; and her reclusive, haunted brother, Gary.

Chief Inspector Banks’s fifth case is a suspenseful, shocking and ultimately satisfying tale of family secrets, hidden passions and desperate violence.

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