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Name: Friend of the devil
Author: Peter Robinson

A new mystery novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson features two detectives, Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot, solving two murders in a small English town. The pair, loaned to a sister precinct, draw their first case from the quiet and seemingly unremarkable life of Karen Drew, whose death on a cliff prompts them to investigate further. Meanwhile, in the murder of Hayley Daniels, the nineteen-year-old student, Banks finds suspects galore, leading them to a shocking new direction that could point to the killer.

First publish date: 2007

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: Peter Robinson

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