The Hanging Valley An Inspector Banks Mystery

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476745251

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The Hanging Valley (An Inspector Banks Mystery) by Peter Robinson Pdf

When a faceless body is found in a tranquil valley just south of the village of Swainshead, Chief Inspector Alan Banks soon finds that no one in the village is willing to talk about it, except to say, “Not again.” An unsolved murder from five years before and the unsolved disappearance of a prominent local man’s girlfriend appear to be connected. As Banks delves deeper into the mystery, someone begins to intentionally slow down the investigation. When events take a turn, Inspector Banks must track his killer across the Atlantic and find a way to make a break in the case before time runs out. Fourth in the critically acclaimed Inspector Banks Mystery Series.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780330514620

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The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson Pdf

‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ Stephen King The Hanging Valley is the fourth novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series. TWO MURDERS. A MISSING PERSON. A VILLAGE WITH A TERRIBLE SECRET. A faceless corpse is found in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead, the victim’s identity deliberately obscured. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks's frustration only grows when he suspects his latest case might be connected with an unsolved murder and a missing local woman, which occurred in the same area five years ago. Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in the area. When they start using their influence to slow down the investigation, Banks finds himself in a race against time . . . The Hanging Valley is followed by Past Reason Hated in the Inspector Banks series.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 0230742238

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The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson Pdf

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062416626

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The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson Pdf

From New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson, a fascinating thriller—perfect for fans of Louise Penny and Elizabeth George—that leads Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks on a harrowing journey into a town’s sordid past where a diabolical killer lies in wait. Visitors have long been drawn to the beauty and serenity of the Yorkshire countryside. Some never leave—like the hiker whose decomposing corpse is discovered in a wooded valley outside the tiny village of Swainshead. It is the second such homicide to plague the region in recent years, and it is pulling investigating Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks into a dangerous mire of dark pasts, local power, and private shames. For a shocking truth and cold-blooded killer are waiting there…and Banks is determined to walk into a valley of death to expose them both. An arresting, electrifying novel of suspense, The Hanging Valley will remain etched in readers’ minds.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Banks, Alan (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0330455435

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The Hanging Valley (special Sales) by Peter Robinson Pdf

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551992211

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Strange Affair by Peter Robinson Pdf

When Alan Banks receives a disturbing telephone call from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales for the bright lights of London to search him out. But Roy has vanished into thin air, and now Banks fears this could have been their final conversation. Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a murder scene on a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale. A young woman called Jennifer Clewes has been found dead in her car, and in the back pocket of her jeans, written on a slip of paper, police discover Banks’s name and address. Living in his brother’s empty, luxurious South Kensington flat, Banks finds himself digging into the life of the brother he never really knew, or even liked. He begins to uncover some troubling surprises, leaving Annie to track down Jennifer Clewes’s friends and colleagues alone. It seems that both trails are leading towards frightening conclusions. And when the cases begin to intersect, the consequences for Banks and Annie become terrifying . . . Strange Affair is Peter Robinson’s fifteenth Inspector Banks novel, and it amply demonstrates why he’s counted among the top crime fiction writers in the world.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476745268

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A Necessary End by Peter Robinson Pdf

A policeman is stabbed to death at an anti-nuclear demonstration outside the Eastvale Community Centre in Yorkshire. In a politically motivated move, Detective Superintendent Richard “Dirty Dick” Burgess is pulled in from London to run the investigation. With a long list of suspects and an old enemy breathing down his neck, the odds are against Chief Inspector Alan Banks as he races to find the killer before Burgess and save his career. Third in the critically acclaimed Inspector Banks Mystery Series.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143173236

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Gallows View by Peter Robinson Pdf

Chief Inspector Alan Banks of the Criminal Investigation Department has been recently transferred from London to Eastvale, a town in the Yorkshire dales. His desire to escape the stress of city life appears to be satisfied by Eastvale's cobbled market square, its tree-shaded river and its picturesque castle ruins. But the village begins to show a more dangerous side... As a peeping Tom disturbs the peace of Eastvale women, police are accused of underestimating the seriousness of the crime. At the same time, Banks is investigating the case of two local teenagers whose crimes are escalating from theft to violence. The two cases weave together as this tough, gritty novel of power and suspense reaches a terrifying and surprising climax.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1509859047

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The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson Pdf

'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen KingThe Hanging Valley is the fourth novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.TWO MURDERS. A MISSING PERSON. A VILLAGE WITH A TERRIBLE SECRET.A faceless corpse is found in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead, the victim's identity deliberately obscured. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks's frustration only grows when he suspects his latest case might be connected with an unsolved murder and a missing local woman, which occurred in the same area five years ago.Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in the area. When they start using their influence to slow down the investigation, Banks finds himself in a race against time . . .The Hanging Valley is followed by Past Reason Hated in the Inspector Banks series.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476745275

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Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson Pdf

From New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson comes a suspenseful and frightening tale of the connection between a missing child and the murder of a young man in the sixth book of the critically acclaimed Inspector Banks Mystery Series. A well-dressed couple claim to be social workers responding to abuse allegations and pressure Brenda Scupham into allowing them to take her seven-year-old daughter, Gemma, into protective care. When they fail to return, Brenda realizes her catastrophic mistake, and soon Chief Inspector Alan Banks is on the case. As days pass, Banks and his colleague, Detective Superintendent Gristhorpe, begin to lose hope, but then a body is found in the ruins of a nearby lead mine, and the two cases begin to connect in a chilling, horrifying way.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771076237

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Before the Poison by Peter Robinson Pdf

From bestselling author Peter Robinson comes this atmospheric, suspenseful, and thrilling standalone novel Through the years of success in Hollywood composing film scores, Chris always promised his wife they'd return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now a widower, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he rents an isolated house that will allow him the space to grieve and the peace to compose his piano sonata. But when he finds that the house was the scene of a murder in the 1950s, and the convicted murderer was one of the last women hanged in England, he finds himself increasingly distracted by the events of sixty years before . . .

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143173229

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Final Account by Peter Robinson Pdf

When a mild-mannered accountant is brutally murdered, Inspector Banks is called in to investigate. It’s a difficult case—the more Banks learns about the victim, Keith Rothwell, the more apparent it becomes that he was not at all what he seemed to be. Beneath the placid veneer lay a secret life of deception, sex and violence. The case takes yet another unexpected twist when Banks’s old sparring partner, DS Richard "Dirty Dick" Burgess, turns up from the Yard. Haunted by his attraction to one of the suspects, a beautiful young classical musician, Banks finds himself racing against time as the killers seem to be dogging his footsteps. Only after he pits his job against his sense of justice does he discover the truth. And the truth leads him to one of the most difficult decisions of his career.

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143173212

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A Dedicated Man by Peter Robinson Pdf

It was a perfect summer. The weather was unusually warm for the dales, and Harry Steadman, who was preparing a book on the area, and his wife, Emma, enjoyed their holiday at the Ramsden Bed and Breakfast. Ten years later, the memories of that peaceful summer are shattered by Harry's brutal murder. Inspector Banks is back, investigating a case just as confounding as his first. Who killed the kindly scholar? Penny Cartwright, a beautiful woman with a disturbing past? Harry's editor? The shady land developer? Is it possible that young Sally Lumb, locked in her lover's arms on the night of the murder, could unknowingly hold the key to the case?

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 0330440985

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The Hanging Valley + Innocent Graves by Peter Robinson Pdf

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 033048219X

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Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson Pdf

An Inspector Banks mystery.