![]() Many people are entangled in this crime – some whose lives are shattered by it, and some with unspeakable secrets in their pasts. It is apparent who the murderer is, but Banks quickly finds out that nothing in this case is quite as straightforward as it seems. This seems to be the end of a grisly case Banks has been working on for some time, but it turns out to be only the beginning. ![]() In the cellar of 35 The Hill, two people are dead, a third is dying, and behind a door more bodies are laid out. The novel follows Inspector Banks following a routine call to the police yields unbelievable horror. Aftermath (2001) Īftermath, the 12th novel in the series, was published in 2001. Cold is the Grave (2000) Ĭold Is the Grave, the 11th novel in the series, was published in 2000.Īn episode of the British television series DCI Banks is based on the novel's plot.Ĭold is the Grave won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel and the 2006 Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. The novel was nominated for the 1999 Hammett Prize, was shortlisted for the American Edgar Award, and won the 2000 Anthony and Barry Awards for Best Novel. The novel is widely acclaimed as Robinson's best, a large step forward in ambition from previous books, and this was reflected in its critical and commercial response. In a Dry Season, the tenth novel in the series, was published in 1999. Past Reason Hated won the 1992 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. Inspector Banks's fifth case is an ironic, suspenseful tale of family secrets, hidden passions and desperate violence. DC Gay and Chief Inspector Alan Banks soon find plenty of suspects as they begin to delve into Caroline's past and the women's present life: Veronica's ex-husband, who is a well-known composer a feminist poet the cast and crew of a play Caroline was rehearsing and Caroline's eccentric, reclusive brother, Gary Hartley. and the case soon takes on overwhelming professional and personal importance for her. Detective Constable Susan Gay is the first detective at the scene. ![]() It is a cosy scene–log fire, sheepskin rug, Vivaldi on the stereo, Christmas lights and tree–but Caroline is naked and covered in blood. The novel follows the case to solve the murder of Caroline Hartly, whose body of is found one evening before Christmas by her lover, Veronica Shildon. Past Reason Hated, the fifth novel in the series, was published in 1991. The cases weave together as the story reaches a tense and surprising climax. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks's wife, Sandra, are drawn deeper into the events. In addition to all this, Banks has to deal with the local feminists and his attraction to a young psychologist, Jenny Fuller. His first cases involve a Peeping Tom frightening the women of Eastvale two glue-sniffing young thugs breaking into homes and robbing people and an old woman who may or may not have been murdered. The novel follows Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, a perceptive, curious and compassionate policeman recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of city life. Gallows View, the first novel in the series, was first published in 1987. Since 2010, several of the novels have been adapted for television under the series title DCI Banks. A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales. Robinson has stated that Eastvale is modelled on Ripon and Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road. The series is set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. The Inspector Banks series is a collection of mystery novels by Peter Robinson about Detective Superintendent Alan Banks.
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