{"product_id":"standing-in-the-shadows-by-peter-robinson-9781529343175","title":"Standing in the Shadows","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BESTSELLER (January 2024) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n'The best mystery-procedural series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' \u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN KING\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\"[O]ne of the finest police procedural writers around... \u003ci\u003eStanding in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson's best work\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eLate November, 1980.\u003c\/b\u003e Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a nearby park, and her new boyfriend is missing, he realises two things in quick succession: he is undoubtedly a suspect as he has no convincing alibi, and he has his own suspicions as to what might have happened . . .\n\n\u003cb\u003eLate November 2019.\u003c\/b\u003e A dig near Scotch Corner unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more recent than the Roman remains the archaeologist is looking for. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in and, as an investigation into the find begins, the past and the present meet with devastating consequences.\n\n'The master of the police procedural' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n'Robinson delivers an impeccably structured, engagingly spun performance... Robinson was a master of the police procedural and his thoughtful, nuanced work will endure' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072671269100,"sku":"9781529343175","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13853473482732.jpg?v=1765125231","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/standing-in-the-shadows-by-peter-robinson-9781529343175","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}