The Resource In a dry season, Peter Robinson
In a dry season, Peter Robinson
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The item In a dry season, Peter Robinson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item In a dry season, Peter Robinson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- An insufferable drought ravages the Yorkshire countryside, depleting the Thornfield Reservoir, revealing the remnants of the flooded town of Hobb's End and the terrible secrets kept safe within its watery tomb. Amongst the ruins, the remains of a woman's body are discovered. Detective Banks deduces that the woman was strangled and repeatedly stabbed more than fifty years ago
- Language
- eng
- Label
- In a dry season
- Title
- In a dry season
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Robinson
- Subject
-
- trueBanks, Alan (Fictitious character)
- trueDroughts -- Yorkshire, England
- trueReservoirs -- Yorkshire, England
- Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction
- trueEngland
- trueSerial murderers -- Yorkshire, England
- trueMurder investigation -- Yorkshire, England
- Police -- England | Yorkshire -- Fiction
- truePolice procedurals
- trueMysteries
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Banks, Alan, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Extinct cities -- Fiction
- truePolice -- Yorkshire, England
- trueYorkshire, England
- trueMurder -- Yorkshire, England
- trueExtinct cities -- Yorkshire, England
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An insufferable drought ravages the Yorkshire countryside, depleting the Thornfield Reservoir, revealing the remnants of the flooded town of Hobb's End and the terrible secrets kept safe within its watery tomb. Amongst the ruins, the remains of a woman's body are discovered. Detective Banks deduces that the woman was strangled and repeatedly stabbed more than fifty years ago
- Summary
- Inspector Banks investigates a skeleton that is found buried in the ruins of a small Yorkshire village.
- Award
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- Anthony Award for Best Novel, 2000.
- New York Times Notable Mysteries, 1999
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 052721
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Robinson, Peter
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6068.O1964
- LC item number
- I52 1999
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Inspector Alan Banks series
- Series volume
- 10
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Banks, Alan
- Police
- Extinct cities
- Yorkshire (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- In a dry season, Peter Robinson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 422 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140281774
- Lccn
- 98047391
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 40074165
- 299533
- Label
- In a dry season, Peter Robinson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 422 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140281774
- Lccn
- 98047391
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 40074165
- 299533
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBanks, Alan (Fictitious character)
- Banks, Alan, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDroughts -- Yorkshire, England
- trueEngland
- Extinct cities -- Fiction
- trueExtinct cities -- Yorkshire, England
- trueMurder -- Yorkshire, England
- trueMurder investigation -- Yorkshire, England
- trueMysteries
- Police -- England | Yorkshire -- Fiction
- truePolice -- Yorkshire, England
- truePolice procedurals
- trueReservoirs -- Yorkshire, England
- trueSerial murderers -- Yorkshire, England
- Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction
- trueYorkshire, England
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueCanadian fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueMysteries
- truePolice procedurals
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