SLEEPING IN THE GROUND Peter Robinson Hodder & Stoughton £18.99

DCI (now Detective Supt!) Banks is a laconic sleuth I’d enjoy a pint with in one of his favourite Yorkshire spit-andsawdust pubs.

But, here, as always, it’s Banks’ bulldog approach to shaking an investigation until the truth drops out that’s required when there’s a horrific shooting spree at a wedding in a sleepy Dales church.

Banks doesn’t buy into an easy theory that would see the case closed, and the hunt is on for the killer. Meanwhile a spark from an old affair could be flickering into life again. Sheer brilliance.