• The novella at the beginning of the collection, “Going Home,” has never before been published in the U.S. Ten of the stories, including two which feature Banks, have appeared in various publications in the U.S. but have never before been collected together. The novella at the end of the collection, “Like a Virgin,” is brand-new and takes place after the events in the most recent Banks title, All the Colors of Darkness.

• Peter Robinson has won numerous awards for his short stories.  “Innocence” won the Crime Writers of Canada  Best Short Story Award, “The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage” (which appeared in Malice Domestic 6) won the Macavity Award and was nominated for both the Agatha and Arthur Ellis awards. “Murder in Utopia” won the Ellis Award, and  “Missing in Action” won the Edgar Award.

• Robinson’s novels have been Indie Next List Picks, Indie List bestsellers, New York Times extended list bestsellers, and have been selected as a New York Times Notable Book. The author has won the Edgar Award, the Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière, and the Anthony Award, and he has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

From the publication of his first mystery featuring the detective inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has been steadily building a reputation for compulsively readable and insightful novels that probe the dark side of human nature. Plumbing the territory that Robinson has so successfully staked, The Price of Love and Other Stories includes two novellas and several stories featuring the Yorkshire policeman at his most compelling. From love and jealousy to greed and despair to revenge and fury, the disparate motives that move us to harm one another are all explored in this remarkable collection.