Peter Robinson

El inspector jefe Alan Banks se enfrenta al peor momento de su carrera: su hermano, Roy, ha desaparecido después de dejarle en el contestador un angustiado mensaje de socorro.

Según cómo se mire, la imagen del fuego que consume dos barcas en el agua puede resultar hermosa. El inspector Banks, un hombre curtido por las tragedias extraliterarias, sabe que no se trata de un accidente, sino de una puesta en escena.

Cuando los agentes de policía Janet Taylor y Dennis Morrisey son enviados a la casa para atender un caso de violencia doméstica, tropiezan con una espantosa escena: la muerte de uno y la lucha por sobrevivir y carrera del otro.

En el verano de 1965, el adolescente Alan Banks se enfrentó a la desaparición y el posible asesinato de su mejor amigo, Graham Marshall, quien se esfumó un domingo mientras hacía el recorrido habitual del reparto de periódicos.

Yorkshire, Inglaterra, verano de 1969. Al finalizar un concierto de rock, un grupo de jóvenes encuentra el cadáver de una chica en el interior de un saco de dormir. Todo apunta a que ha sido brutalmente asesinada y a que su muerte guarda cierta relación con la banda de psicodelia Mad Hatters.

El cadáver de Harry, un hombre muy querido por los vecinos de Helmthorpe, ha aparecido a medio enterrar en las afueras del pueblo.

Leeds, settembre 1969. Il primo festival rock all'aperto dello Yorkshire si è appena concluso sulle note dei Madd Hatters. Con gli occhi che bruciano per la stanchezza, Dave sta pulendo il prato, quando nota un sacco a pelo abbandonato. Lo tocca con la punta del piede: dentro c'è un corpo.

Alguien espía desde los tejados y a través de las ventanas, alguien se inmiscuye en la vida íntima de unas mujeres que ni lo sospechan.

Det tilfældige fund af flere lig i en kælder afslører skolelærer Terence Payne som manden bag en række bortførelser i Leeds. Men problemerne tårner sig op for kriminalkommissær Alan Banks. Terence er i koma efter en voldsom anholdelse, og hans kone siger, at hun intet ved om mordene. Der...

En usædvanlig tør sommer udtørrer Thornfield-reservoiret, og frem dukker resterne af Hobb's End, den lille Yorkshirelandsby, der blev oversvømmet 60 år tidligere. Det samme gør skelettet af en brutalt myrdet kvinde, og kriminalkommissær Alan Banks må nu finde frem til en morder, der har...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sleeping in the Ground comes this brilliantly nuanced short story collection of twenty stories—most never before published in the US, and one of them an Edgar winner—which also features three Inspector Banks tales. Peter Robinson pens thrilling...

Kriminalkommissær Alan Banks’ karriere har de seneste par år været sat på pause. Den har faktisk næsten været ødelagt af Banks’ chef, politiinspektør Riddles smålighed og politiske ambitioner. Men da Riddles teenagedatter Emily stikker af hjemmefra, og da nøgenbilleder af hende...

Skelettet af kriminalkommissær Alan Banks' barndomsven, Graham Marshall, dukker op af mudderet på en byggeplads. Graham forsvandt sporløst 40 år tidligere, og Banks har været tynget af skyld lige siden. Samtidig med at Banks begynder at grave i fortiden, forsvinder en ung dreng fra sit hjem...

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...

‘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...

The Hanging Valley is the fourth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from A Necessary End. ‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ – Stephen King TWO MURDERS. A MISSING PERSON. A VILLAGE WITH A...

Past Reason Hated is the fifth crime novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, now a major British ITV drama DCI Banks. It should have been a cosy scene – log fire, sheepskin rug, Vivaldi on the stereo, Christmas lights and tree. But appearances can be deceptive. For Caroline Hartley...

Dead Right is the ninth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Innocent Graves. The broken body of Jason Fox has been found in a dirty alleyway. At first it looks like a typical after-hours pub fight gone wrong. But Inspector Alan Banks soon realizes that the truth...

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ – Stephen King, author of It and The Shining When two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at Brenda Scupham's door, her fear of authority leads her to comply...