{"product_id":"summer-that-never-was","title":"Summer That Never Was","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I’m wrong’ – Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a body is found, Banks must confront his past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA skeleton has been unearthed. Soon the body is identified, and the horrific discovery hits the headlines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen-year-old Graham Marshall went missing during his paper round in 1965. The police found no trace of him. His disappearance left his family shattered and his best friend, Alan Banks, full of guilt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat friend has now become Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, and he is determined to bring justice for Graham. But he soon realizes that in this case the boundaries between victim and perpetrator, between law-guardian and law-breaker, are becoming increasingly blurred . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Summer That Never Was\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Banks must return home and face the greatest fear of his childhood. If you enjoyed it, then you’ll love the next instalment in the Banks series – which became the major British ITV drama \u003ci\u003eDCI Banks\u003c\/i\u003e – \u003ci\u003ePlaying With Fire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical acclaim for the Inspector Banks series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’A powerfully moving work’ –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’Top-notch police procedure’ – Jeffery Deaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’A wonderful novel’ – Michael Connelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’An addictive crime-novel series’ – \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’A guaranteed page-turner’ – \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’Demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can’t . . . A considerable achievement’ – \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’One of the most authentic and atmospheric of crime series’ – \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003endependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’The master of police procedural’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’Near, perhaps even at, the top of the British crime writers’ league’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’Banks is genuinely human, rather than a hard man’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54455447290200,"sku":"9781035058440","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035058440_27f5a2d5-c2d5-488c-a16d-d905a81383bc.jpg?v=1769271327","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/summer-that-never-was","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}