Gallows View

The Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson is a must-read for fans of mystery-suspense novels. The first book, Gallows View, introduces Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, who relocates from London to the Yorkshire Dales but soon finds himself dealing with three cases of terrorizing voyeurs, break-ins, and a possible murder. The writing is taut and clean, with subtle psychology, and the twists will keep you hooked.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the pinnacle of the genre. Take a chance and read one, and then challenge me to prove me 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 Inspector Banks series.

New Town. New Cases. New Danger. . . .

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently relocated with his family from the stressful city of London to the picturesque Yorkshire Dales, but he soon discovers 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.

Weight: 242g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529086362