Bad Boy: The 19th DCI Banks novel from The Master of the Police Procedural

'Readers who have followed him through various family crises and professional ups and downs won't be disappointed; newcomers won't find it difficult to become similarly engrossed. - The Sun Herald on Bad Boy The plotting is as tight as an intricate jigsaw where each piece fits exactly. One for fans and new readers alike. - Notebook Robinson writes world class detective stories. The cases are always thrilling and intriguing, the plots deliciously multi-layered like an interesting dessert and both baddies and goodies are flawed and believable...deeply engrossing read. - Australian Woman's Weekly on Friend of the Devil A Chief Inspector Banks mystery is always worth reading and this one is no exception. - Herald Sun on Friend of the Devil The writing and the characterisations are intelligent and clear and Robinson is good at using small details to create a sense of place...a good police novel. - The Canberra Times on Piece of My Heart The narrative is very hard to put down... intelligent, carefully crafted genre crime. - The Sunday Age on Friend of the Devil Peter Robinson is a prolific author of police procedurals that have proved engaging and enduringly popular...churning out crime fiction as solid and unshowy as it is well constructed. - The Age on All the Colours of Darkness'Brilliant! . . . Gut-wrenching plotting, alongside heart-wrenching portraits of the characters who populate his world, not to mention the top-notch police procedure.' - Jeffery Deaver