Cold Is The Grave by Peter Robinson

 

Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle has made it his life's work to crush DCI Alan Banks.  He thinks Banks takes too many liberties with the rules and can't be trusted to follow orders if he thinks a case isn't right.  He also suspects that Banks is a womanizer although that is far from the truth.

So it is surprising when Riddle comes to Banks and asks for a favor.  His daughter has run off to London several months ago and now there are nude photographs of her on the Web.  Could Banks go to London, find her and bring her home?  Banks is uneasy but being a father himself, agrees to go.

Banks finds Emily but things are worse than Riddle had imagined.  Emily is living with a criminal, a crime boss who has his fingers in every criminal pie, most recently smuggling.  Banks manages to bring her home and return her to her parents.

But crime doesn't stop.  At home, there are several murders of low level criminals.  Banks suspects that these murders are tied to smuggling and he wonders if this is the work of the same crime boss.  Then Emily asks to meet Banks for lunch and he agrees, seeing that she is doing better and talking about going to university.  She seems to be done with her teenage rebellion but that night she is killed, in a horrific manner, in a nightclub.  Can Banks solve the murder?

This is the eleventh novel in the series.  This one has even more twists and turns than some prior ones.  Banks is still reeling from the breakup of his marriage but is recovering.  His essentially honorable nature shows through as he does a favor for a man who has spent time trying to ruin Bank's career.  I didn't see the ending coming or how old crimes could have long consequences.  This book is recommended for mystery readers.