A great listen, unexpected plot twists along the way!

I always try listen to British authors and as such British narrators.
Well read and a great story as is ever the case with the banks novels.
Sadly this will be the last book i assume.
Thank you Peter for such a create character in banks
RIP

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Unusual twists and turns

I liked the dual time line. Going back and forth added an element of delightful complexity

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Longwinded

I quite enjoyed the story but the book could have been half as long. Staggered that Milly Dowler was named as Milly DOWLING . How did that escape the proofreader ?

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Bitter sweet

Fabulous as always. Hope someone will take on writing the Banks books in the future

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I loved it

Thanks Peter for another absorbing book, loved the parallel stories that came together at the end. My son is very involved in researching the undercover police who infiltrated various groups, including his own. So a meaningful and topical storyline for me. I like your characterisation of the various detectives too. I feel that I’m I’m Yorkshire too sometimes along with Banks and his team.

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The Performance by Simon Slater

I so enjoyed the way Simon Slater performed. I will certainly listen to more read by him. I enjoyed the story, a bit slow to begin with!

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A good and contemporary story

It’s a good and contemporary story, it is what you’d expect from Peter Robinson, thorough, details from past and present. This book gives you even two stories, and it sets it apart this way, you can follow both till the time they meet in the end. It is interesting, but no hint of humour in this book, it’s melancholic and sad. It is still a very good listen, wonderfully narrated, just not your jolly Christmas special;).

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Not his best sadly.

Had to skip to the end! narrator really good.
For me there is too much mention on music. not every wants to hear his likes on music it's almost like filling in space. Adds nothing to the tension of the drama.

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Class as always

I’m a huge fan of this series and have read or listens to each one. This one didn’t disappoint. I love all the characters, although missed Annie a bit. Only down point was I the deep breaths the narrator was taking. After a while it was all I could hear. But didn’t spoil the overall story.

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The End of Superintendent Banks

So definitively Banks last case due to the sad and sudden passing of his creator.
At least we will not have Banks investigating long after he would have got to normal age for police retirement.
Where we might have gone from here who knows but ,at least, there are no real loose ends to tie unlike recent previous Banks stories, although we’ll never know about the potential return of Annie Cabbot and whether she might have been destined to be Banks eventual successor in Eastvale.
As a valedictory final instalment this has all the ingredients we have come to love, the settings both real and fictional, music and other outside pursuits of Alan Banks and the subtle twists and turns of the narrative.
He will forever hold a niche position in crime fiction and his body of work should stand the test of time.

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