Praise for The Summer That Never Was
“ENTERTAINING and SOPHISTICATED, crime writing of a high order.”
–Washington Post
“A POLISHED, SOLIDLY PLOTTED mystery that juggles its two parallel story lines with remarkable ease–and even offers a dose of insight.”
–Montreal Gazette
“Stretches the nerve endings and keeps you turning the pages with anticipation.”
–Punch
“Refreshingly down to earth.”
–New York Times
“The splendid Peter Robinson strikes SUSPENSE-GOLD again.”
–London Free Press
“Peter Robinson succeeds in brilliantly contrasting the two cases…. Inspector Banks is making a real mark as one of our most thoughtful and interesting detectives.”
–Sunday Express
“[A] painful but enlightening journey into the past.”
–New York Times Book Review
“Robinson delivers a TAUT, TENSE crime story that will keep you up late flipping pages and guessing right to the end.”
–Hamilton Spectator
“Like P.D. James, Robinson works on a large, intricately detailed canvas…. This satisfying and subtle police procedural has a little bit of everything.”
–Publishers Weekly
“CUNNING…. Authentic and atmospheric.”
–The Independent
“STUNNINGLY COMPLEX and intricately plotted…entertained me with every twist.”
–Nevada Barr
“Robinson quietly and methodically stretches the boundaries of crime fiction.”
–National Post
“EXHILARATING.”
–Midwest Book Review
“ABSORBING and well paced.”
–Sunday Telegraph
“A rich and rewarding tale…that shows Robinson at the top of his writing form.”
–Victoria Times-Colonist
“A well-crafted but sensitive novel.”
–Scotland on Sunday
“Highly readable…[Robinson is] one of those FIRST-CLASS storytellers.”
–National Post
“Once again, this author has created a plot that is believable and without trickery, and a set of characters who are consistent and convincing.”
–Halifax Chronicle-Herald
“Robinson again shows himself to be as astute a writer as P.D. James.”
–Library Journal
“In giving us this fully fleshed out and flawed hero–and a GRIPPING, COMPLEX story–Robinson demonstrates why he is a MASTER of the police procedural.”