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A Dedicated Man

An Inspector Banks Novel

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A Dedicated Man

Written by: Peter Robinson
Narrated by: James Langton
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A dedicated man is dead in the Yorkshire dales - a former university professor, wealthy historian, and archaeologist who loved his adopted village. It is a particularly heinous slaying, considering the esteem in which the victim, Harry Steadman, was held by his neighbors and colleagues---by everyone, it seems, except the one person who bludgeoned the life out of the respected scholar and left him half-buried in a farmer's field.

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks left the violence of London behind for what he hoped would be the peaceful life of a country policeman. But the brutality of Steadman's murder only reinforces one ugly, indisputable truth: that evil can flourish in even the most bucolic of settings. There are dangerous secrets hidden in the history of this remote Yorkshire community that have already led to one death. And Banks will have to plumb a dark and shocking local past to find his way to a killer...before yesterday's sins cause more blood to be shed.

©1992 Peter Robinson (P)2010 Tantor Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives England Detective Banking

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“Robinson's profound sense of place and reflective study of human nature give fine depth to his mystery.” ( The New York Times Book Review)
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Peter Robinson provides a straightforward "gumshoe" investigation - driven 100% by intuition from Yorkshire Detective Chief-Inspector Alan Banks and his commitment/doggedness. Witness interviews are the sole source of clues (there is zero pathology, computer forensics, or CCTV evidence in the narrative).. and the result is a procedural with a fairly dated feel. Few false leads, a limited number of suspects, and a ho-hum array of motives sentence the mystery to 'Meh' status.

Unhelpfully, reader James Langton contributes to the mundanity of the book with an uninspired performance. To be certain, his diction, timbre, cadence, and timing are professional - but his attempts to introduce emotiveness into the text come across as unenthusiastic, and some of his character voices are actually cartoonish. Langton sounds like he's collecting a paycheck.

If you can get 'A Dedicated Man' as part of your subscription, it's not a crazy way to spend a couple of quiet afternoons - but if Audible asks for a Credit for this 5/10-star recording, spend it elsewhere.

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