2008-09-24 Two for the price of one

"A piece of my heart" is a well crafted police procedural from the pen of an excellent writer. DCI Banks once again heads the main investigation but is to some extent hampered by his senior officer. The story is in two halves and alternates between an old case, concerning a murder at a rock festival in the 60's and the modern case which is investigated by Banks. A visitor to a village in found murdered in a holiday cottage, the first task is to identify the victim. This is made out to be more difficult than it would actually have been, obvious questions were left unasked.
I didn't find the supporting characters particularly well drawn and we were left to guess what kind of people they were, but this is a minor criticism in an otherwise deft piece of writing. Recommended reading with the previously mentioned caveats.