Today I am very pleased to be reviewing the 4th Ernest Cunningham mystery. This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2026. I was intrigued by the choice of setting, as whilst bank robberies are common fodder in the world of crime TV dramas and films, they are far less frequent in mystery novels. Or at least it seems so to me. A quick search on the blog identified some mysteries with bank either being robbed or embezzled from in: The Blackmailers (1867) by Émile Gaboriau,‘The Bank Burglar’ (ca.1908) by Jonas Kreppel, The Bank with the Bamboo Door (1965) by Dolores Hitchens and Anxious People (2020) by Fredrik Backman. However, in most instances the robbery is a starting point or is part of a wider plot. There is little page time spent within the banks themselves, and the narrative priority is either preventing the robbery or apprehending the thief. In Backman’s story the novel takes place in an apartment where the robber is keeping several people hostage. Moreover, in Augusto De…
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