Abattoir BluesThe fact that I realised I had already read it in the first five pages and it must have been in the last two years, and the fact that I read it again and enjoyed it, tells how much I like this author.
This is despite the fact that I hate the TV rendition of DCI Banks. This is a case when I had already formed my own image of Banks before the TV series, I liked the book version of Banks, but hate the TV version, which may have something to do with the fact that I think the actor always looks like he's about to start crying, whatever role he is in.
The book though has believable characters, a captivating plot along with the added interest of trying to decide which part of the countryside is real and which is invented, especially as it is a part of the world we ride in regularly. I can't judge accuracy of Police Procedures but I do question the transportation of a £100,000 tractor in the back of a furniture van, along with a motorbike, and if he drove the van to the murder site, how did his motorbike get there?
As I said though a good read, ignore the TV.
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