Children of the Revolution

Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead, his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle and no suspicious evidence - except for a large package of cash tucked inside the man's pocket.

But when DCI Banks delves into Miller's past, he uncovers a troubled existence and a reputation tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throw up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty years ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past?

One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - not even murder - to prevent Banks from discovering the truth...

“Brilliant! . . . Gut-wrenching plotting, alongside heart-wrenching portraits of the characters who populate his world, not to mention the top-notch police procedure.”

A wonderful, well-written plot with a great twist and strong characters and there's even romance on the cards for Banks too. A page-turning read for both fans of Robinson and Banks and readers who really enjoy a good crime-thriller. - Woman's Way

Classic Robinson: a labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation - Observer

- Jeffery Deaver

A wonderful, well-written plot with a great twist and strong characters and there's even romance on the cards for Banks too. A page-turning read for both fans of Robinson and Banks and readers who really enjoy a good crime-thriller. - Woman's Way

Classic Robinson: a labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation - Observer

- Jeffery Deaver

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between Richmond and Canada. There are twenty-one books in the bestselling Inspector Banks series. These critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world.

Peter Robinson's DCI Banks is now a major new TV series, screened in Australian on ABC-1 and starrting Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) as Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) as DI Annie Cabbot. Friend of the Devil was also adapted as a TV series and the novel was shortlisted for the 'Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year' award for 2008. Peter's recent standalone novel Before the Poison won the 2012 'Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel' by the Crime Writers of Canada, and was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award win.

Peter keeps a website at

Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead, his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle and no suspicious evidence - except for a large package of cash tucked inside the man's pocket. But when DCI Banks delves into Miller's past, he uncovers a troubled existence and a reputation tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throw up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty years ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past? One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - not even murder - to prevent Banks from discovering the truth...

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