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A Necessary End
First edition
Author Peter Robinson
Language English
Series Inspector Alan Banks, #3
Genre Crime novel
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date
1989
Publication place Canada
Media typePrint ( Hardback), ( Paperback)
ISBN 0-330-49163-6
OCLC 49906721
Preceded by A Dedicated Man 
Followed by The Hanging Valley 

A Necessary End is the third novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series. It was published in 1989, and reprinted a number of times since.