'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' - Stephen King

From the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes Gallows View, the first book in Peter Robinson's the Inspector Banks series.

New Town. New Cases. New Danger . . .

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently relocated with his family from stressful London to the Yorkshire Dales, but soon finds that life in the countryside is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined.

Three cases come to the fore: a voyeur is terrorizing the women of Eastvale; two thugs are breaking into homes; and an old woman is dead, possibly murdered. 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 . . .

Gallows View is followed by A Dedicated Man in the DCI Banks series.

'If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists - they'll get you every time' - Ian Rankin, author of A Game Called Malice

New town. New cases. New danger.

About the Author

Peter Robinson is the author of twenty-four books in the Number One Bestselling DCI Banks series as well as two collections of short stories and three standalone novels, including the Number One bestseller Before The Poison. Peter's critically acclaimed crime novels have won numerous awards all over the world.

Peter's DCI Banks was a major ITV1 drama. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart, Ballykissangel) played Inspector Banks, and Andrea Lowe (The Bill, Murphy's Law) played DI Annie Cabbot.

Peter's standalone novel Before the Poison won the IMBA's 2013 Dilys Award as well as the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada. This was Peter's sixth Arthur Ellis award.

Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire, and lived between Richmond and Canada. He died in October 2022.

Reviews
If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists - they'll get you every time -- Ian Rankin
The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art -- Dennis Lehane
Peter Robinson is a master -- Tess Gerritsen
An author with amazing empathy, a snare trap ear for dialogue and a clear eye for the telling detail -- Michael Connelly
Peter Robinson's first, and extremely well-fashioned, police procedural. An expert plotter with an eye for telling detail, Mr. Robinson can also make acute social observations * New York Times Book Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9781529086362
Author Peter Robinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 236g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 131mm * 22mm