Strange Affair Robinson, Peter

A car registered to DCI Banks sits abandoned in a dodgy part of town. His brother Roy has vanished. And someone just tried to murder Annie Cabbot — Banks's colleague, ex-lover, and one of the few people he trusts. Now Banks is off the case, sidelined by professional ethics, but that's never stopped him before. Peter Robinson sends his most complex detective into a labyrinth of family secrets, bent cops, and betrayals that cut closer than any case he's worked. The Yorkshire settings are grim, the tension relentless, and Banks — cynical, stubborn, haunted — has never felt more human. If you like Rankin or Bruen, this hits the same nerve. Over 180,000 Goodreads ratings at 3.9 stars.