Playing with Fire (Robinson novel)
{{Short description|2004 novel by Peter Robinson}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Playing With Fire
| image =
| caption = First edition (Canada)
| author = Peter Robinson
| country = Canada
| language = English
| series = Inspector Alan Banks, #14
| genre = Crime novel
| publisher = McClelland & Stewart
| release_date = January 2004
| media_type = Print (Hardback), (Paperback)
| isbn = 0-333-98932-5
| oclc = 53242464
| preceded_by = The Summer That Never Was
| followed_by = Strange Affair
}}
Playing with Fire is the 14th novel by Yorkshire-born, Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series. It was published in 2004, and nominated for that year's Hammett Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm |title=The Hammett Prize: Past Winners, Nominees, and Judges |publisher=International Association of Crime Writers, North American Branch |website=www.crimewritersna.org |accessdate=17 February 2017}}
Reception
Gary Curtis of The Hamilton Spectator called it a "red-hot scorcher, a BritCrime epic with Peter Banks at his best."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/1013879832|title= A smouldering Brit crime epic|last= Curtis|first= Gary|date= 6 March 2004|website= The Hamilton Spectator|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}} Oline H. Cogdill of the South Florida Sun Sentinel called the novel "crime fiction at its best" and opined that it "shows why Robinson's novel continue to be a pleasure."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/284973779|title= Fired up by fraud|last= Cogdill|first= Oline H.|date= 4 April 2004|website= South Florida Sun Sentinel|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}} Al Hutchison of The Tampa Tribune opined that while the novel "may not quite match up to" In a Dry Season, the tenth novel in the series, as a "literary achievement", there is "no question Robinson is on a winning streak."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/342378721|title= Art Forgery Emerges From Embers|last= Hutchison|first= Al|date= 25 January 2004|website= The Tampa Tribune|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.inspectorbanks.com/books/playing-with-fire/ Dedicated page on author's website, with extract]
{{Alan Banks}}
Category:Novels by Peter Robinson (novelist)