PETER ROBINSON was a beloved crime novelist whose work spanned thirty-five years. His final novel, Standing In the Shadows, is the twenty-eighth installment in the Inspector┬аBanks series.┬аHis critically acclaimed books have won numerous┬аawards in Britain, the United States, and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. He also wrote two collections of short stories,┬аand three stand-alone novels, including the #1 bestseller Before the Poison, winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, Sweden's Golden Crowbar Award, and the Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. In 2020, Robinson was presented with the Grand Master Award by┬аthe Crime Writers of Canada. Several Inspector Banks novels have been adapted for television by ITV and have appeared on PBS. Peter, who grew up in the United Kingdom,┬аlived with his wife, Sheila Halladay, in Toronto, Ontario, and Richmond, Yorkshire. Visit┬аwww.inspectorbanks.com.