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Friend of the Devil
Friend of the Devil


Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot must work together to solve two chilling crimes in a stunning new novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson
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Piece of My Heart
Piece of My Heart

16th Inspector Banks novel

Inspector Alan Banks is investigating the murder of a freelance music journalist who was working on a feature about the Mad Hatters, aging rock superstars. Banks finds he has to delve into the past to find out exactly what hornet's nest the journalist inadvertently stirred up...
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Strange Affair
Strange Affair

15th Inspector Banks novel

Alan Banks heads to London to investigate the strange disappearance of his estranged brother. Meanwhile, Annie Cabbot is investigating a murder that also involves a disturbing personal connection, and their two trails intersect in a remarkable way...
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The First Cut
The First Cut

Non-series novel

A young university student is strolling home through a silent moonlit park when she is viciously attacked. When she awakes in the hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then slowly, painfully, details reveal themselves...
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Playing with Fire
Playing with Fire

14th Inspector Banks novel

The night sky is ablaze as fire engulfs two barges moored end to end on a Yorkshire canal. On board are the blackened remains of two human beings. One was a reclusive and eccentric local artist, the other a junkie, a sad and damaged young girl...
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Close to Home
Close to Home

13th Inspector Banks novel

There are human bones buried in an open field, the remains of a lost teenaged boy whose disappearance devastated a community more than thirty-five years ago ... and scarred a guilt-ridden friend forever...
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Aftermath
Aftermath

12th Inspector Banks novel

One phone call from a concerned neighbor has inadvertently led police to Terence Payne, the elusive serial killer known only as "Chameleon." Now the fiend is in custody, perhaps dying, and a long nightmare appears to be over at last. But is it?
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Cold is the Grave
Cold is the Grave

11th Inspector Banks novel

The nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a pornographic website, and the girl's father turns to Alan Banks for help. But the runaway is the daughter of a man who's determined to destroy the dedicated Yorkshire policeman's career and good name...
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In a Dry Season
In a Dry Season

10th Inspector Banks novel

in the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman...
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Blood at the Root
Blood at the Root

9th Inspector Banks novel

In the long shadows of an alley a young man is murdered, savagely kicked and beaten to death by assailant or assailants unknown. It is a crime shocking in its raw brutality, and its shattering repercussions will be felt throughout a small provincial community on the edge...
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Innocent Graves
Innocent Graves

8th Inspector Banks novel

A beautiful child is dead -- defiled and murdered in a lonely graveyard. 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...
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Final Account
Final Account

7th Inspector Banks novel

The victim, a nondescript "numbers cruncher," died horribly just yards away from his terrified wife and daughter, murdered by men who clearly enjoyed their work. The crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer...
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Wednesday's Child
Wednesday's Child

6th Inspector Banks novel

It was a crime of staggering inhumanity: a seven-year-old girl taken from her home right in front of her desperate working-class mother. With each passing moment, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks realizes that the child's death becomes more and more likely...
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Past Reason Hated
Past Reason Hated

5th Inspector Banks novel

A picturesque Yorkshire village is dressed in its finest for the upcoming Noel. But one of its residents will not be celebrating this holiday. Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's life...and death...
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The Hanging Valley
The Hanging Valley

4th Inspector Banks novel

No one dreamed something so hideous could grow in so beautiful a place. Some wish they never had to leave. One didn't: a hiker whose decomposing corpse is discovered by an unsuspecting tourist. But this strange murder is only the edge of the darkness...
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A Necessary End
A Necessary End

3rd Inspector Banks novel

A peaceful demonstration in the normally quiet town of Eastvale ended with fifty arrests -- and the brutal stabbing death of a young constable. But Chief Inspector Alan Banks fears there is worse violence in the offing...
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A Dedicated Man
A Dedicated Man

2nd Inspector Banks novel

A man is dead in the Yorkshire dales -- a former university professor, wealthy historian and archaeologist who loved his adopted village. It is a particularly heinous slaying, considering the esteem in which the victim, Harry Steadman, was held by his neighbors and colleagues...
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Gallows View
Gallows View

1st Inspector Banks novel

Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. But depravity and violence are unfortunately not unique to large cities. His new venue, the quaint little village of Eastvale, seems to have more than its fair share of malefactors...
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Friend of the Devil
Piece of My Heart
Strange Affair
The First Cut
Playing with Fire
Close to Home
Aftermath
Cold is the Grave
In a Dry Season
Blood at the Root
Innocent Graves
Final Account
Wednesday's Child
Past Reason Hated
The Hanging Valley
A Necessary End
A Dedicated Man
Gallows View
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