Alan is investigating hate crime

While I am still looking forwards to his (my favorite author Peter Robinson) latest fiction in paperback "Friend of the Devil", I am going to read one of his old release, "Blood of the Root" (or in UK it is known as "Dead Right"). It is released quite a while ago, in 1997. I thought I have all his books in the past, but I guess this one just somehow slip by my hands. Anyway, at that moment Alan Banks is still married but the marriage is on the edge of collapse. Well, I am not really fond of this relationship kind of story. The crime-solving part is what I like. Racism is a global problem. Hate crime happens almost every day in every corner of the world. In fact, I myself has experienced racism in UK back I was still doing my degree in Southampton -- being ignored by the shopkeeper, being chased and rocked by the teenagers on the street, etc. That's why somehow I could relate myself to this book.

Right, a man was murdered near a pub. At the beginning it seemed like a bar fight gone bad. But, once Inspector Banks and the team dug deeper, the can of worms is opened. It actually involved some sort of Neo-Nazi group, some immigrants and other political groups. Well, now this not-so-good-with-politics inspector has to scratched his head hard to solve the crime at the same time not pissing off some important people. I am only half way through the book. Peter's style of writing really suits my appetite. I sometimes hope he could co-write the stories for Law and Order: Criminal Intent, my favorite crime-solving TV series in America.