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2008 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (nominee)
2007 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee)
This is the stunning new Inspector Banks novel, by an author ready for the Number One slot. As volunteers clean up after a huge outdoor rock concert in Yorkshire in 1969, they discover the body of a young woman wrapped in a sleeping bag. She has been brutally murdered. The detective assigned to the case, Stanley Chadwick, is a hard-headed, strait-laced veteran of the Second World War. He could not have less in common with - or less regard for - young, disrespectful, long-haired hippies, smoking marijuana and listening to the pulsing sounds of rock and roll. But he has a murder to solve, and it looks as if the victim was somehow associated with the up-and-coming psychedelic pastoral band the Mad Hatters. In the present, Inspector Alan Banks is investigating the murder of a freelance music journalist, who was working on a feature about the Mad Hatters for "MOJO" magazine. This is not the first time that the Mad Hatters, now aging rock superstars, have been brushed by tragedy. Banks finds he has to delve into the past to find out exactly what hornets' nest the journalist inadvertently stirred up.
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Wonderful... multi-layered mystery." - Michael Connelly
"The best series now on the market." - Stephen King
"Chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art." - Dennis Lehane
"Watch for those twists - they'll get you every time." - Ian Rankin
"The best series now on the market." - Stephen King
"Chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art." - Dennis Lehane
"Watch for those twists - they'll get you every time." - Ian Rankin
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