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Martin McGuinness

1. Peter Robinson

All the Colours of Darkness

The 18th in the series - a number one bestseller - takes DCI Banks on a torturous journey to the truth.

1. Louise , Penny

Miss Wolcott's Ghost

'There's a body in Lost Nation.' But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Armand Gamache can question the caller.The head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified.When he and his team of Jean-Guy Beauvoir and Isabelle Lacoste find both place and body, the situation only grows more bizarre. The unidentified dead man appears to be from an era more than a century old. He's lying in a long-abandoned cemetery, on top of a grave with a date, but no name. Adding to the mystery, the early morning call appears to have come from Gamache's friend and neighbour, Clara Morrow. While she denies any knowledge of it, it becomes clear there is some connection between her, the Morrow family, and Lost Nation. Soon, Gamache and his team are faced with tracking down not just the legend of Lost Nation, but a lost ship, lost documents belong to an eccentric Victorian botanist, and a mysterious plant not seen in a century, that might save, or take, countless lives.As the ghosts begin to gather, Gamache realises that the body on the grave is far from the only death. To solve the crime and avert catastrophe he must look to rancid secrets and old lies no longer dead and buried.

1. Peter Robinson

Strange Affair

Detective Chief Inspector Banks is drawn into two perilous mysteries when his brother’s sudden disappearance coincides with a puzzling murder case . . . Strange Affair is Peter Robinson’s fifteenth novel in the Inspector Banks series, which became the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.

Social Groups and Identities

Originally published in 1996, this collection brought together the latest ideas of a distinguished set of authors, all of whom worked with Henri Tajfel in Bristol. Each had been profoundly influenced by Tajfel, an influence which encouraged a diversity of approaches, as well as the development of social identity theory itself.

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Cold is the Grave

'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' - Stephen KingA runaway girl. An inescapable past. Banks is pulled into a perilous world.With his personal life in turmoil, DCI Banks is considering his options. But then, late one night, the architect of his professional misfortune, Chief Constable Riddle, summons Banks to his house. Riddle's daughter, Emily, has run away, and compromising photos have appeared online. Riddle wants Banks to use his unorthodox methods to find her without a fuss.Banks, a father himself, cannot refuse, and he follows the trail to the dark heart of London. But when a series of gruesome murders follows soon after, Banks finds himself pulled into the dangerous world of his most powerful enemy: Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle.Cold is the Grave is a pulse-pounding thrill-ride. If you enjoyed it, then you'll love the next instalment in the Banks series - which became the major British ITV Drama DCI Banks - Aftermath.*****Critical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series:'A powerfully moving work' - Ian Rankin'Top-notch police procedure' - Jeffery Deaver'A wonderful novel' - Michael Connelly'An addictive crime-novel series' - The New York Times'A guaranteed page-turner' - Mirror'Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement' - The Guardian'One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series' - The Independent'The master of police procedural' - The Mail on Sunday'Near, perhaps even at the top of, the British crime writers' league' - The Times'Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man' - The Observer'Move over Ian Rankin - there's a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author . . .' - Independent on Sunday