In a Dry Season is the tenth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series of novels. The novel was first printed in 1999, but has been reprinted a number of times since. The novel is widely acclaimed as Robinson's best, a large step forward in ambition from previous books, and this was reflected in its critical and commercial response. The novel was nominated for the 1999 Hammett Prize,[1] was shortlisted for the American Edgar Award and won the 2000 Anthony Award for 'Best Novel'.[2]
^"The Hammett Prize: Past Winners, Nominees, and Judges". www.crimewritersna.org. International Association of Crime Writers, North American Branch. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^"Winners and Nominees 2000s". www.bouchercon.com. Bouchercon. Archived from the original on 9 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
The dryseason is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which...
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InaDrySeason is the tenth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series of novels. The novel was first printed...
In essence, a tropical savanna climate tends to either see less overall rainfall than a tropical monsoon climate or have more pronounced dryseason(s)...
(rainy/monsoon) season and adryseason. The annual temperature range in tropical climates is normally very small. Sunlight is intense in these climates...
Adry thunderstorm is a thunderstorm that produces thunder and lightning, but where most of its precipitation evaporates before reaching the ground. Dry...
a cool wet season (which charges the soil with virtually all the moisture that the crops will receive prior to harvest) followed by a warm dryseason...
regions have two seasons: the rainy/wet/monsoon season and the dryseason. Some have a third cool, mild, or harmattan season. "Seasons" can also be dictated...
The rainy season is the most important time for agriculture, as it is the time when most crops are planted and harvested. The dryseason is a time of drought...
and survival strategies for the wet season. Often, the previous dryseason leads to food shortages in the wet season, as the crops have yet to mature. Crops...
forest, typically contains a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dryseason. This tropical forest is classified...
forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive several hundred millimeters of rain per year, they have long dryseasons that last several...
causes harm to the local economy. Annual dryseasonsin the tropics significantly increase the chances of a drought developing, with subsequent increased...
Dried shredded squid is adried, shredded, seasoned, seafood product, made from squid or cuttlefish, commonly found in coastal Asian countries, Russia...
climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18 °C (64 °F) in every month of the year and adryseason.: 200–1 The tropical monsoon climate is the intermediate...
Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks founded in Toronto, Canada in 1904, and owned since 2008 by the American company Dr Pepper Snapple (now Keurig Dr...
Annual dryseason offensive is a type of low intensity warfare typically practiced by national governments against ethnic insurgent groups fighting for...
dryseasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day ina tropical rainforest climate can be very similar to the next, while the change in temperature...
deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dryseason. There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, including trees,...
during the wet season, when it spends more time near or on the ground, and is less observed during the dryseason, during which it seeks shade in the branches...
and, especially in the dryseason, meat. As of 2015, there are between 1,200 and 1,300 Hadza people living in Tanzania. Only around a third of the remaining...
areas of the forest and on the banks of rivers and go dormant during the dryseason. The wild plants grow to 15–35 inches (40–90 cm) tall, with leaves mostly...
The Harmattan is aseasonin West Africa that occurs between the end of November and the middle of March. It is characterized by the dry and dusty northeasterly...
(113 °F) (44.8 °C at Twee Rivieren Rest Camp in 2012). The dryseason lasts eight months or more, and the wet season typically from less than one month to four...
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