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A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. She didn't own a car. Didn't even drive. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why? Meanwhile a man in his 60s is found dead in a gully up on the wild moorland. He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. Post-mortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity?

“Robinson is an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail.”—Michael Connelly One of the world's greatest suspense writers returns with the 27th novel featuring the legendary detective Alan Banks in the mystery series Stephen King...

The thrilling twenty-fourth instalment in Peter Robinson's Number One bestselling Banks Series. A shocking mass murder occurs at a wedding in a small Dales church and a huge manhunt follows. Eventually, the shooter is run to ground and things take their inevitable course. But Banks is plagued...

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ Stephen King Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series. NEW TOWN. NEW CASES. NEW DANGER. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently...

When the body of a young girl is found in a remote countryside lane, evidence suggests she was drugged, abused and thrown from a moving van - before being beaten to death. While DI Annie Cabbot investigates the circumstances in which a 14-year-old could possibly fall victim to such a crime...

“The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market.” —Stephen King Peter Robinson is one of the very best in the crime fiction business—a teller of dark police tales who stands firmly in the bestseller ranks alongside Ian Rankin and Elizabeth...

The 26th instalment of the Number One bestselling series 'The master of the police procedural' Mail on Sunday 'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen King *** A skinny young boy is found dead - his body carelessly stuffed...

When Juliet Doyle discovers a gun in her daughter's bedroom, she turns to old friend DCI Alan Banks for advice. But Banks is taking a much-needed holiday, and it's left to DI Annie Cabbot to deal with the removal of the firearm. No one can foresee the operation's disastrous consequences, or that...

A beautiful June day in the Yorkshire Dales, and a group of children are spending the last of their half-term freedom swimming in the river near Hindswell Woods. But the idyll is shattered by their discovery of a man's body, hanging from a tree. DI Annie Cabott soon discovers he is Mark...

Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures - as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning's poetry, he's less irritated than disturbed. This wasn't a gift to an unwitting woman. It was a threat - insidious, suggestively sick, and terribly intriguing.

Peter Robinson, the acclaimed author of the bestselling series Stephen King calls “the best now on the market,” returns with a gripping, emotionally charged mystery in which the revered detective Alan Banks must find the truth about a murder with possible racial overtones—and save a friend...

The twenty-eighth book in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural. Late November, 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a...

A Dedicated Man is the second novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Gallows View. Near the village of Helmthorpe, Swainsdale, the body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a dry stone wall. Harry Steadman has been brutally murdered. But who...

Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis. But he soon finds that life in the country is not quite as idyllic as he had...

Michael Connelly calls Peter Robinson ""an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail."" See why in Sleeping in the Ground, the gripping new novel starring Alan Banks — featuring an opening scene you'll never forget, and a finale you...

Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all...

Sein Blick dringt unter die Haut … Er wollte mit seiner Familie den Abgründen Londons entkommen, doch Inspector Alan Banks muss feststellen, dass auch in den idyllischen Yorkshire Dales das Verbrechen lauert. Eine Einbruchsserie sorgt für Unruhen – und ein Spanner versetzt die Frauen der beschaulichen Kleinstadt Eastvale in Angst und Schrecken. Als dann auch noch eine Leiche gefunden wird, stellt sich die Frage, welcher der Täter nun zum Mörder geworden ist – und ob es bei einer Toten bleiben wird.

È una calda notte di giugno, e Kirsten sta tornando a casa dopo aver celebrato con i compagni la laurea. Mentre attraversa il parco, qualcuno la aggredisce con selvaggia violenza: quando si risveglierà dopo giorni di coma, ricorderà solo, come in un incubo, due figure che incombono su di lei, una bianca e una nera, e una mano callosa che la stringe; e scoprirà di avere terribili ferite inflitte con un coltello, e che nulla sarà più come prima. Altrove, in una cittadina di pescatori sulla costa dello Yorkshire arriva Martha, una giovane donna che sta scrivendo un libro.

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I den nye Peter Robinson-krimi er det kommissæren Banks' datter Tracy, der spiller hovedrollen. Hun har forelsker sig i en skidt fyr – med katastrofale konsekvenser. Allan Banks er på ferie i USA. Hans nabo har besøg af sin voksne datter, Erin, og finder en pistol på hendes værelse. Det bliver i stedet Banks' partner - og gamle kæreste - Annie Cabbot, som rykker ud for at beslaglægge våbnet. Men der sker en fatat fejl, og da kommissær Banks vender hjem og konfronteres med sagen, som involverer hans egen datter, står han med ét i et personligt og professionelt dilemma.