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Gallows View: The first novel in the number one bestselling Inspector Banks series (The Inspector Banks series, 1)

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. A Yorkshire town's chief inspector tries to determine whether a Peeping Tom, a pair of toughs who harass the elderly and an old woman's murder are related. The novel follows Inspector Banks as he investigates the murder of Officer DI Bill Quinn, who has been shot through the heart by a bolt from a crossbow while convalescing at the St.

Anyone who loves a good mystery should curl up gratefully with a cuppa to enjoy this rich 10th installment of the acclaimed British police procedural series. DC Gay and Chief Inspector Alan Banks soon find plenty of suspects as they begin to delve into Caroline's past and the women's present life: Veronica's ex-husband, who is a well-known composer; a feminist poet; the cast and crew of a play Caroline was rehearsing; and Caroline's eccentric, reclusive brother, Gary Hartley. His first cases involve a Peeping Tom frightening the women of Eastvale; two glue-sniffing young thugs breaking into homes and robbing people; and an old woman who may or may not have been murdered. The Summer That Never Was, the 13th novel in the series, was originally published in 2003 in the United Kingdom.If you haven’t encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. A rotting corpse in the Yorkshire Dales brings Chief Inspector Alan Banks to the insular village of Swainshead in the latest of Robinson's ( Gallows View ) justly acclaimed series of procedurals.

The teleplay varies considerably from storyline presented in the novel and includes a different timeframe (i.Assigned to assist DCI Banks is Professional Standards Inspector Joanna Passero, and as the investigation progresses, they uncover a link with a cold case that takes them to Tallinn, Estonia to unearth the truth.

Chief Inspector Alan Banks of Britain's Eastvale Regional Police reappears in another fluently written, superior mystery.

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. As the tension mounts, Banks must also deal with his attraction to a young psychologist, Jenny Fuller - and when both Jenny and Banks's wife are drawn deeper into events, Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together . Inspector Banks's fifth case is an ironic, suspenseful tale of family secrets, hidden passions and desperate violence. The novel follows Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, a perceptive, curious and compassionate policeman recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of city life.

As the tension mounts, Banks must also deal with his attraction to a young psychologist, Jenny Fuller – and when both Jenny and Banks’s wife are drawn deeper into events, Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together .Stephen Tompkinson ( Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) plays Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) plays DI Annie Cabbot. But it was always like that - the telephone might bring you together for a few moments, but there's nothing like it for emphasising distance. Cold is the Grave won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel [10] and the 2006 Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. It is a cosy scene–log fire, sheepskin rug, Vivaldi on the stereo, Christmas lights and tree–but Caroline is naked and covered in blood.

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