Past Reason Hated

<p>From <em>New York Times</em> bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson comes this gripping thriller--in the tradition of Louise Penny and Elizabeth George--set in a picturesque Yorkshire village during the upcoming Christmas season...but one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday.</p><p>Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's life...and death.</p><p>She was a beautiful enigma brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas. Leaving her past behind for a forbidden love affair she mystified more than a few. And now she is dead clothed only in her unshared mysteries and her blood.</p><p>In this season of giving and forgiving Banks is eager to absolve the innocent of their sins. But that must wait until the many facets of a perplexing puzzle are exposed and the dark circle of his investigation finally closes...and when a killer makes the next move.</p><p><em>Past Reason Hated</em> is a relentlessly suspenseful novel that shows why Peter Robinson is one of the world's most acclaimed and popular mystery writers.</p>