by Peter Robinson
This is the first book in the series about DCI Banks. I have read a few of the later books in the series and enjoyed them. However, I think that if this was the first book I had read in the series I wouldn't have bothered to read any more.
The story introduces us to Banks who has left London for rural England and is faced with three troubling cases: a Peeping Tom who eventually goes from just peeping to accosting his wife, some thefts that involve damage to the properties and one victim who is raped and the murder of an elderly woman.
Feminist complaints about police inaction on the peeping Tom result in a female psychologist being brought in as an expert to help police develop a profile of the peeper. Banks finds himself strongly attracted to the beautiful woman but resists temptation.
The main reason I didn't like the book was the nature of the young thugs committing the robbery and rape. They had no conscience and got a thrill from the crimes more than from the money they made from the thefts. Criminals may be like this but I found their behaviour very disgusting. I think I like mysteries that are more cereberal and less violent.
Will I read anymore Robinson books, maybe, but I will never read this one again.
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