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Ray Banks

Author of Saturday's Child

23+ Works 261 Members 20 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: Ray Banks

Image credit: Ray Banks, author of "Donkey Punch"

Series

Works by Ray Banks

Saturday's Child (2006) 74 copies, 5 reviews
No More Heroes (2008) 29 copies
Dead Money (2013) 29 copies, 2 reviews
Sucker Punch (2007) 28 copies, 2 reviews
Gun (2008) 18 copies, 4 reviews
Beast of Burden (2009) 18 copies
Wolf Tickets (2013) 18 copies, 3 reviews
California (2011) 10 copies
Inside Straight (2013) 6 copies
Angels Of The North (2014) 6 copies, 1 review
The Big Blind (2000) 4 copies
Matador (2013) 4 copies
Matador 3 copies
Cal Innes Omnibus (2013) 2 copies
Blood & Tacos #2 (2012) 2 copies, 1 review
Lee (2013) 2 copies, 1 review
Likainen Barry (2012) 1 copy
I lupi (2014) 1 copy

Associated Works

Dublin Noir : The Celtic Tiger vs. The Ugly American (2003) — Contributor — 92 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries (2008) — Contributor — 64 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 (2011) — Contributor — 28 copies, 2 reviews
The Best British Mysteries 4 (2006) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review
Noir City Annual No. 14 (2022) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Wolf Tickets is violent, foul mouthed, amoral and utterly entertaining. The prose is lean and mean like a crime novel's should be and often laugh out loud funny. I've already downloaded another of Banks's books.
 
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whatmeworry | 2 other reviews | Apr 9, 2022 |
I've read a couple of Banks's earlier books and enjoyed both of them, but neither prepared me for just how good Angels of the North was. This is the work of a mature writer really hitting his stride, it's emotionally complex and rich with expertly drawn characters and a wonderful sense of time and place. Not, perhaps for the faint hearted, but I really couldn't recommend it highly enough. It really is everything a good book should be: engrossing, believable, moving, compelling and very human.
 
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whatmeworry | Apr 9, 2022 |
Not without it's faults but still an entertaining, gritty and gripping crime tale.
 
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whatmeworry | 4 other reviews | Apr 9, 2022 |
Great read

I loved Wolf Tickets and this is a fine follow up with the characters. Definitely worth a read if you enjoy crime and a laugh.
 
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ThomasPluck | Apr 27, 2020 |

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