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Disclosure: I'm a huge fan of Peter Robinson and his Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks novels. There - my bias has-been admis up front. For me, thesis stories never fail to excite, surprise and Satisfy. Robinson: has a wonderful Ability to mesh His characters personal lives with the mystery at hand, THUS Creating a reader / character jump. So, Beginning Banks Reviews another novel is very much like visiting with an old friend (in a pub over a pint of Sneck Lifter, of course).

One of the pleasures found in reading a novel Banks being white is privy to the way the Chief Inspectors mind works, and this comes to the fore in Children Of The Revolution. Robinson Loses no time in collaring His readers as on page 2 we find Banks called Expired to a crime szene Where He views the crumpled body of an emaciated old man. The name of the deceased is Gavin Miller, recluse Who has struggled to live at the poverty level since His dismissal from job Eastvale College of sexual misconduct charge Following oven Some years ago.

Millers body Was found Beneath a railroad bridge. The side of the bridge Was too high for _him_ to-have simply fallen - he HAD to-have-been Lifted up or thrown over. Was it the result of a fight, murder or manslaughter? To confound further Top Officials 5,000 pounds Was found in Millers pocket - drug money?

Banks heads the investigation With His team spread out to uncover Any information about Miller WHETHER They Could it be In His neighborhood or train from colleagues at Eastvale. Few answers What They receive only muddy the waters further Top; contradictions, half-truths abound. HOWEVER, it Becomes apparent Eventually answers que la Banks arent needs to be found in the recent past in order more than events Likely That Occurred Some 40 years ago. As They track Millers past life Banks finds a link entre Lady Veronica Miller and Chalmers, a beautiful woman married to a wealthy producer of musicals, a successful author in her own right, and aunt to the Man Who May well be the next home secretary.

A brief preliminary visit to Lady Chalmers Brings down the wrath de son superiors and Banks is ordered to back off - never touch her again. DESPITE the warning he can not shake the idea That She is hiding something, what purpose? Banks Decides to try to hide Any further Top investigation of the Lady THUS Endangering His career not only That goal of a de son team member.

What a pleasure it is to follow this PRECISELY constructed, thoughtfully paced plot to icts surprising finding purpose Thoroughly satisfying! Children Of The Revolution is a winner on all fronts.

- Gail Cooke