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Reviewed by Vickie Dailey

The Color of Darkness is the 18th Alan Banks outing. The story starts out with a suicide that quickly turns into a murder/suicide, or does it? DI Annie Cabbot is called to the scene of an apparent suicide. When DI Cabbot goes to interview Mark Hardcastle’s co-workers, he is found to have a partner Laurence Silbert. Annie goes to question him, and finds him beaten to death in his posh home. Due to the second victims apparent wealth and prestige, DCI Alan Banks is called back from his vacation to handle the delicate situation. Turns out Silbert was also an operative for M16 which leads Banks to think that the crime could be government related. After this discovery, Banks’ superior nicely orders him to take the rest of his holiday. Of course, Banks uses his time to continuing investigating the crime on his own. Derek Wyman, Mark Hardcastle’s co-worker, is found to have a motive in professional jealously. Through PI Thomasina Savage, Banks finds out that Wyman hired her to follow Silbert. Incriminating photos are given to Harcastle by Wyman supposedly driving him to murder Silbert and then kill himself.

The Color of Darkness provides the reader an intersting trip through professional jealousy, secret ops and human interactions. I look forward to the next Alan Banks novel.

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