“Like a Virgin.” My publishers asked me for a new Banks story for the collection, and I wrote a novella. This is it.
About the Author
PETER ROBINSON’s award-winning novels have been named a Best-Book-of-the-Year by Publishers Weekly, a Notable Book by the New York Times, and a Page-Turner-of-the-Week by People magazine. Robinson was born and raised in Yorkshire but has lived in North America for over twenty-five years. He now divides his time between North America and the U.K.
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Books by Peter Robinson
Summer Rain
Fan Mail
No Cure for Love
Not Safe After Dark
Lawn Sale
Innocence
In the Dark Places
The Good Partner
How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life
Walking the Dog
Shadows on the Water
The Magic of Your Touch
Like a Virgin
Going Back
Friend of the Devil
The Ferryman's Beautiful Daughter
The Eastvale Ladies' Poker Circle
Children of the Revolution
The Cherub Affair
Blue Christmas
Birthday Dance
Watching the Dark
The First Cut
Gallows View
A Dedicated Man
A Necessary End
The Hanging Valley
Past Reason Hated
Wednesday's Child
Final Account
Innocent Graves
Blood at the Root
In a Dry Season
Cold Is the Grave
Aftermath
Close to Home
Playing with Fire
Strange Affair
Piece of My Heart
The Price of Love and Other Stories
The Price of Love
Bad Boy
Before the Poison
Credits
Jacket design by James L. Iacobelli
Jacket illustration by Look-Foto/Wildcard Images, U.K.
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
“Going Back” was first published in Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories, Macmillan and McClelland & Stewart, © 2004 by Peter Robinson. “Cornelius Jubb” first appeared in Like a Charm, ed. Karin Slaughter, William Morrow, 2004. “The Magic of Your Touch” first appeared in Murder and All That Jazz, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet, 2004. “The Eastvale Ladies’ Poker Circle” first appeared in Dead Man’s Hand, ed. Otto Penzler, Harcourt, 2007. “The Ferryman’s Beautiful Daughter” first appeared in A Merry Band of Murderers, ed. Claudia Bishop and Don Bruns, Poisoned Pen Press, 2006. “Walking the Dog” first appeared in Toronto Noir, ed. Janine Armin and Nathaniel G. Moore, Akashic Books, 2008. “Blue Christmas” was first published by Crippen & Landru in an edition of 353 copies for friends of the publishers, Christmas, 2005. “Shadows on the Water” first appeared in Men from Boys, ed. John Harvey, William Heinemann, 2003. “The Cherub Affair” first appeared in the Toronto Star, 2003. “The Price of Love” first appeared in The Blue Religion, ed. Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, 2008. “Birthday Dance” first appeared in Thou Shalt Not Kill, ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005. “Like a Virgin,” © 2009 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.
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