A Necessary End is the third novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson (novelist)

Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...

, published in 1989 and is third in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks

Inspector Alan Banks

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is the fictional protagonist in a series of crime novels written by acclaimed writer Peter Robinson.-Background:...

series.

Plot summary

Eastvale isn't usually known for its violent demonstrations but an anti-nuclear protest leaves one policeman stabbed to death and several injured. Superintendent Burgess is brought in from the Met to head up the investigation, and it's not for nothing that he's known as 'Dirty Dick'. He saw terrorists around every corner even back in the eighties and his methods were brisk and to the point. They weren't entirely to Chief Inspector Banks' liking but he was put in a difficult situation when he came to believe that the death of the policeman was personally rather than politically motivated.

External links

• Dedicated page on author's website