Volg de meeslepende onderzoeken van Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, die zich beweegt in de ruige omgeving van Yorkshire, Engeland. Deze serie combineert meesterlijk boeiende mysteries met diepgaande karakterstudies en een scherp inzicht in de menselijke natuur. Banks wordt geconfronteerd met uitdagende zaken die zijn intellect, zijn vastberadenheid en zijn onwrikbare toewijding aan gerechtigheid op de proef stellen.
Inspecteur Alan Banks is net verhuisd van het rumoerige Londen naar het rustige provinciestadje Eastvale, als hij te maken krijgt met een brute moord. Een inbraak loopt uit op de dood van het bejaarde slachtoffer en de politie heeft maar weinig aanwijzingen om mee te werken. Wanneer ook nog een gluurder voor grote onrust onder de vrouwen van Eastvale zorgt, komt de politie onder steeds grotere publieke druk te staan om de dader te vinden.
Vlak bij het dorpje Helmthorpe in Yorkshire wordt het lichaam gevonden van Harry Steadman, half begraven onder een ingestort muurtje. Steadman was historicus en leidde samen met zijn vrouw een teruggetrokken leven. De inwoners van Helmthorpe kenden hem als een vriendelijk man die geen vlieg kwaad zou doen, dus wie zou hem hebben willen vermoorden? De gruwelijke moordzaak stelt inspecteur Alan Banks voor een raadsel. In eerste instantie lijkt niemand een motief te hebben voor de moord, maar wanneer Banks dieper graaft blijkt dat er toch meer dan één persoon is die niet de waarheid spreekt. De sleutel tot de oplossing lijkt te liggen bij een jonge meisje, Sally Lumb, die meer van de zaak lijkt af te weten. Maar zal zij Banks in vertrouwen nemen?
Een grote demonstratie in het anders zo rustige Yorkshire eindigt in de arrestatie van vijftig demonstranten en de gewelddadige dood van een jonge agent. Vanuit Londen wordt hoofdinspecteur Richard 'Dirty Dick' Burgess gestuurd om het moordonderzoek te leiden, iets wat niet goed valt bij Alan Banks. Terwijl heethoofd Burgess een ware terreurcampagne begint tegen de bewoners van een plaatselijke commune, begint Banks zijn eigen onderzoek. Maar daarbij gaat hij rechtstreeks in tegen Burgess' activiteiten en dat wordt hem niet in dank afgenomen.
No one dreamed something so hideous could grow in so beautiful a place . . . Many who visit the valley are overwhelmed by its majesty. Some wish they never had to leave. One didn't, a hiker whose decomposing corpse is discovered by an unsuspecting tourist. But this strange, incomprehensible murder is only the edge of the darkness that hovers over a small rural village and its tight-lipped residents who guard shattering secrets of sordid pasts and private shames. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that both the grim truth and a cold-blooded killer are hiding here, far from the city, the noise, and safety. And he's determined to walk into the valley of death to expose them both.
A picturesque Yorkshire village is dressed in its finest for the upcoming Noel. But one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday. Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal'and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's life…and death. She was a beautiful enigma, brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas. Leaving her past behind for a forbidden love affair, she mystified more than a few. And now she is dead, clothed only in her unshared mysteries and her blood. In this season of giving and forgiving, Banks is eager to absolve the innocent of their sins. But that must wait until the many facets of a perplexing puzzle are exposed and the dark circle of his investigation finally closes…and when a killer makes the next move.
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates the chilling case of Brenda Scupham, a welfare mother who unwittingly hands her seven-year-old daughter, Gemma, over to child abductors claiming to be social workers.
Two masked men walk mild mannered accountant, Keith Rothwell, out of his farmhouse and clinically blow him away with a shotgun. Clearly a professional hit - but no one could believe that a man like Keith could be murdered. Chief Inspector Alan Banks discovers Rothwell's secret life.
The worst that can possibly happen . . . has. A beautiful child is dead—defiled and murdered in a lonely graveyard on a fog-shrouded evening. It is the sort of horrific crime Chief Inspector Alan Banks fled the city to escape. But the slaying of a bright and lovely teenager from a wealthy, respected family is not the end of a nightmare. Lies, dark secrets, unholy accusations, and hints of sexual depravity swirl around this abomination like leaves in an autumn wind, leading to a shattering travesty of justice that will brutally divide a devastated community with suspicion and hatred. But Banks must remain vigilant in his hunt—because when the devil is left free to pursue his terrible calling, more blood will surely flow.
New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson brings us a tantalizing tale of suspense in this classic Inspector Banks thriller.In the long shadows of an alley a young man is murdered by an unknown assailant. The shattering echoes of his death will be felt throughout a small provincial community on the edge—because the victim was far from innocent, a youth whose sordid secret life was a tangle of bewildering contradictions. Now a dedicated policeman beset by his own tormenting demons must follow the leads into the darkest corners of the human mind in order to catch a killer.Delving into the complicated human psyche, Blood at the Root showcases Peter Robinson’s singular talent in an exceptional novel of suspense that will linger in readers’ minds long past the final page.
During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground... until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks sets out to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time...
The eleventh novel in the Banks series, following the critically acclaimed IN A DRY SEASON.
A new edition of Robinson's acclaimed novel, coinciding with a major new ITV adaptation. Number 35 The Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead and the other fighting for her life and career.The identity of a serial killer, the Chameleon, has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the beginning of a shocking investigation that will test Inspector Alan Banks to the absolute limit. 'It demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can't . . . A considerable achievement' GUARDIAN 'Move over Ian Rankin - there's a new gunslinger in town looking to take over your role as top British police procedural author. With AFTERMATH, Chief Inspector Alan Banks emerges as a definite contender for fiction's new top cop . . .' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Luke, een vijftienjarige jongen, verdwijnt spoorloos. Het lijkt uitgesloten dat hij is weggelopen... Inspecteur Alan Banks assisteert bij het onderzoek naar de verdwijning. Zijn speurtocht valt samen met het onderzoek naar een stoffelijk overschot dat recent is opgegraven. Het blijkt te gaan om een vroegere jeugdvriend van Banks, Graham, die meer dan vijfendertig jaar geleden – in de zomer van 1965 – verdween. Het spookbeeld dat Banks al die jaren heeft achtervolgd, komt tot leven. Hij heeft zichzelf nooit vergeven dat hij misschien de verdwijning van Graham op zijn geweten heeft, en mogelijk ook zijn dood. Banks wordt heen en weer geslingerd tussen een verleden dat hij het liefst zou vergeten en de zoektocht naar een vijftienjarige jongen in het heden. De overeenkomsten tussen de twee zaken zijn verontrustend. Kan hij het noodlot afwenden?
In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats.
In dit deel van de in Yorkshire spelende serie over inspecteur Alan Banks komt de misdaad dicht bij huis. Banks vindt op zijn antwoordapparaat een verontrustend telefoontje van zijn broer Roy uit Londen, het rijke, zwarte schaap van de familie. Roy is onbereikbaar en ongerust reist Banks af naar Londen. Ondertussen ontdekt inspecteur Annie Cabbot, collega en ex-vriendin van Banks, op het lijk van een vermoorde vrouw een briefje met Alan Banks' adres. En terwijl Annie zich afvraagt wat Banks' band met de dode vrouw was, is Banks op zoek naar zijn inmiddels spoorloos verdwenen broer. Al gauw blijkt er een verband te bestaan tussen Roy en de vermoorde vrouw, waarbij een abortuskliniek en Oost-Europese criminelen een rol spelen en Banks zelf gevaar loopt. Spannende, goed geschreven, klassieke detectiveroman met psychologisch goed uitgewerkte hoofdpersonen en een mooi eigentijds plot. Peter Robinson (Yorkshire, 1950) woont in Canada. Zijn werk werd meermalen bekroond. Ook in Nederland wordt zijn werk, pas gedeeltelijk vertaald, steeds populairder. Gelijktijdig met dit deel verscheen het tot nu toe nooit vertaalde eerste deel uit de Alan Banks serie 'Stille blik' in pocketeditie. www.inspectorbanks.com .
The stunning new Inspector Banks novel, backed by a major advertising drive to take Peter Robinson to Number One.
Chief Inspector Banks returns in number one bestselling Peter Robinson's new crime novel.
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 Hipswell Woods. But the idyll is shattered by their discovery of a man's body, hanging from a tree.
If DCI Alan Banks had been in his office when his old neighbour came calling, perhaps it would have turned out differently. Perhaps an innocent man would still be alive. And perhaps Banks's daughter wouldn't be on the run with a wanted man. But Banks is on holiday, blissfully unaware of the terrible chain of events set in motion by the discovery of a loaded gun in a young woman's bedroom, and his daughter's involvement with the ultimate bad boy...
When Juliet Doyle finds a gun in her daughter's bedroom, she turns to old friend DCI Alan Banks for advice. But Banks is on 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 the Doyles will not be the only family affected. Banks's daughter Tracy has fallen for the wrong boy. Her flatmate's boyfriend is attractive, ambitious, and surrounded by an intoxicating air of mystery. He's also very dangerous. When Tracy warns him the police might be on his tail, he persuades her to go on the run with him, and flattered by his attention, she agrees. Before she knows it, a deadly chase across the country is set in motion. And on his return, unsuspecting of Tracy's precarious situation, Banks is plunged into his most terrifying, personal case yet.
Detective Inspector Bill Reid 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 sides.
Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence except for one distinguishing package: £5,000 of cash, tucked inside the man's pocket. But when DCI Banks delves into Miller's past, he uncovers a troubled existence tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throws up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty years ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past? One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - even murder - to prevent Banks from discovering the truth . . .
Two missing boys. A stolen bolt gun. One fatal shot. Three ingredients for murder. When DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village, they're far from enthusiastic about what seems to be a simple case of rural crime. But when a blood stain is found in an abandoned hangar, and two main suspects vanish without a trace, events take a darkly sinister turn. As each lead does little to unravel the mystery, Banks feels as if the case is coming to a dead end. Until a road accident reveals some alarming evidence, thought to be disposed, which throws the investigation to a frightening new level. Someone is trying to cover their tracks - someone with very deadly intent ...
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In a remote countryside lane in North Yorkshire, the body of a young girl is found, bruised and beaten, having apparently been thrown from a moving vehicle. While DI Annie Cabbot investigates the circumstances in which a 14-year-old could possibly fall victim to such a crime, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is faced with a similar task - but the case Banks must investigate is as cold as they come. Fifty years ago Linda Palmer was attacked by celebrity entertainer Danny Caxton, yet no investigation ever took place. Now Caxton stands accused at the centre of a historical abuse investigation and it's Banks's first task as superintendent to find out the truth. While Annie struggles with a controversial case threatening to cause uproar in the local community, Banks must piece together decades-old evidence, and as each steps closer to uncovering the truth, they'll unearth secrets much darker than they ever could have guessed . . .
A terrible crime. No obvious motive. Banks is on the case. 'Top-notch police procedure' - Jeffery Deaver 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 with doubts as to exactly what happened outside the church that day, and why. Struggling with the death of his first serious girlfriend and the return of profiler Jenny Fuller into his life, Banks feels the need to dig deeper into the murders, and as he does so, he uncovers forensic and psychological puzzles that lead him to the past secrets that might just provide the answers he is looking for. When the surprising truth becomes clear, it is almost too late.
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 sixties 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? As the inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate, Annie's father's new partner, Zelda, comes up with a shocking piece of information that alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants - and suddenly the stakes are raised and the hunt is on.
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 into wheelie bin. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called to investigate. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Was he discarded as rubbish, or left as a warning to someone? He looks Middle Eastern, but no one on the East Side Estate has seen him before. As the local press seize upon an illegal immigrant angle, and the national media the story of another stabbing, the police are called to investigate a less newsworthy death: a middle-aged heroin addict found dead of an overdose in another estate, scheduled for redevelopment. Banks finds the threads of each case seem to be connected to the other, and to the dark side of organised crime in Eastvale. Does another thread link to his friend Zelda, who is facing her own dark side? The truth may be more complex - or much simpler - than it seems . . .
When DCI Alan Banks arrived in Eastvale his life was every bit as much of a mess as it is now. But he is holding an envelope that could change everything he understood about the events that sent him north twenty years ago. Walking again the narrow alleys and back streets of his mind, he remembers the seedy Soho nights of his last case - dubious businessmen in dodgy clubs, young girls on the game. And a killer on the loose. In addition to the brand new novella that fills in the gaps in Banks's life before Yorkshire, Peter Robinson gives us ten more brilliant and eclectic stories that have never before been published in the UK. The Eastvale Ladies' Poker Circle finds that murder may be just another game of risk. Is a suitcase of cash worth a man's head on a plate? And tragedy leads a young boy to learn the price of love . . .
This collection of short fiction showcases the author's renowned psychological insight and exceptional character development. Each story delves into complex human emotions and relationships, offering readers a compelling exploration of the intricacies of the human experience. With a blend of tension and depth, the narratives reflect the author's mastery in crafting engaging and thought-provoking tales that resonate long after reading.
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