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Where Children of the Revolution sits
- Series
- Book 21 of Inspector Banks. See all Inspector Banks books in order
- The book before
- Watching the Dark
- The book after
- In the Dark Places
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- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against inspectorbanks.com
What Children of the Revolution is about
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- A former college lecturer, fired in disgrace, is found murdered on an old railway line close to where he lived, carrying 5,000 euros. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
disgraced college lecturer is found murdered on a disused railway line ... 5,000 euros
- Yet since he was dismissed four years ago he has lived like a poor hermit. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
in the four years since his dismissal has been living a poverty-stricken and hermit-like existence
- DCI Alan Banks soon fixes on Lady Veronica Chalmers, whose links to the victim go back to the University of Essex in the early 1970s. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
becomes fixated on Lady Veronica Chalmers ... going back to the early 1970s
Topics in this book
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Places
- England
- Yorkshire
- Yorkshire (England)
Reading ages
- Adult
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 19: Bad Boy
- Book 20: Watching the Dark
- 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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