title: Innocent Graves: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels)
author:  Peter Robinson 
description: The novels of Peter Robinson are: chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art. (Dennis LeHane)<br /><br />Stunningly complex and intricately plotted....Peter Robinson fools and entertains me with every twist. (Nevada Barr)<br /><br />Complex and intelligent. (London Sunday Times)<br /><br />Exquisitely complex and atmospheric. (Los Angeles Times Book Review)<br /><br />Taut, carefully thought outwith plots that are refreshingly clich-free. (Time Out London)<br /><br />Cunningauthentic and atmospheric. (Independent)<br /><br />Different and intriguing. (Sunday Telegraph)<br /><br />Peter Robinson is: a gifted creator of fully fleshed and vividly present characters. (Boston Globe)<br /><br />a skillful writer (Houston Chronicle)<br /><br />absorbingRobinson continues to stretch the boundaries of the standard procedural. (Orlando Sentinel)
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  #### _CAEDMON’S SONG_
  
  
  
  
  
  **Peter Robinson** grew up in Yorkshire, and now lives in Canada.
  
  
  
  
  
  He is renowned for his bestselling Inspector Banks series, which has won
  numerous awards in Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **The Inspector Banks series**
  
  
  
  
  
  GALLOWS VIEW
  
  
  
  
  
  A DEDICATED MAN
  
  
  
  
  
  A NECESSARY END
  
  
  
  
  
  THE HANGING VALLEY
  
  
  
  
  
  PAST REASON HATED
  
  
  
  
  
  WEDNESDAY’S CHILD
  
  
  
  
  
  DRY BONES THAT DREAM
  
  
  
  
  
  INNOCENT GRAVES
  
  
  
  
  
  DEAD RIGHT
  
  
  
  
  
  IN A DRY SEASON
  
  
  
  
  
  COLD IS THE GRAVE
  
  
  
  
  
  AFTERMATH
  
  
  
  
  
  THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS
  
  
  
  
  
  PLAYING WITH FIRE
  
  
  
  
  
  STRANGE AFFAIR
  
  
  
  
  
  **Also by Peter Robinson**
  
  
  
  
  
  NOT SAFE AFTER DARK AND OTHER WORKS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # PETER  
  
  
  **ROBINSON**
  
  
  
  
  
  #### _CAEDMON’S SONG_
  
  
  
  
  
  PAN BOOKS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published 1990 by Penguin Canada
  
  
  
  
  
  This electronic edition published 2009 by Pan Books  
  
  
  an imprint of Pan Macmillan Ltd  
  
  
  Pan Macmillan, 20 New Wharf Rd, London N1 9RR  
  
  
  Ba