British-Canadian crime novelist Peter Robinson, 72, has died. Robinson’s novels include In a Dry Season (2000), Playing with Fire (2005), Strange Affair (2006), and Piece of My Heart (2007). Jared Bland, outgoing publisher at McClelland & Stewart, who published Robinson’s work for over 20 years, said: “Peter Robinson was an incredibly gifted writer and a lovely man, and we’re all deeply saddened by his loss. Peter’s novels, especially his enduring Inspector Banks series, are the kinds of books that transcend their genre—they’re crime novels, to be sure, but more than that they’re human novels, anchored by an immensely humane character. Banks […]