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Where Bad Boy sits
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- Book 19 of Inspector Banks. See all Inspector Banks books in order
- The book before
- All the Colors of Darkness
- The book after
- Watching the Dark
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- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against inspectorbanks.com
What Bad Boy is about
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- With Banks away on holiday, a distraught woman comes to the police station in Eastvale, and Annie Cabbot sees her instead. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station ... away on holiday ... Annie Cabbot
- She says she has found a loaded gun concealed in her daughter's bedroom, a crime under English law. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
a loaded gun hidden in the bedroom of her daughter ... punishable offense under English law
- When an armed team breaks in to retrieve it, what should be simple soon gets out of hand. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
an armed response team breaks into the house ... spirals out of control
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Other books in Inspector Banks
28 books listed so far
- Book 1: Gallows View
- Book 2: A Dedicated Man
- Book 3: A Necessary End
- Book 4: The Hanging Valley
- Book 5: Past Reason Hated
- Book 6: Wednesday's Child
- Book 7: Final Account
- Book 8: Innocent Graves
- Book 9: Blood at the Root
- Book 10: In a Dry Season
- Book 11: Cold Is the Grave
- Book 12: Aftermath
- Book 13: Close to Home
- Book 14: Playing with Fire
- Book 15: Strange Affair
- Book 16: Piece of My Heart
- Book 17: Friend of the Devil
- Book 18: All the Colors of Darkness
- Book 20: Watching the Dark
- Book 21: Children of the Revolution
- Book 22: In the Dark Places
- Book 23: When the Music's Over
- Book 24: Sleeping in the Ground
- Book 25: Careless Love
- Book 26: Many Rivers to Cross
- Book 27: Not Dark Yet
- Book 28: Standing in the Shadows
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