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Chief Inspector Banks Book 9: Blood At the Root

AuthorPeter Robinson

NarratorJames Langton

SeriesInspector Banks, Book 9

Duration9h 38m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries

PublisherTantor Media

VersionUnabridged

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Ordered to run an investigation from his desk without further incident-or find himself on traffic duty-Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks soon finds himself outside the investigation and his own department, following a trail whose end may lead to his own destruction.

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