Gallows View: The first novel in the number one bestselling Inspector Banks series (The Inspector Banks series, 1)

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From the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes Gallows View, the first book in Peter Robinson’s the Inspector Banks series. Flood, Alison (27 July 2009). "Mark Billingham wins crime novel of the year award". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 March 2022. Janssen, Victoria "Fresh Meat: Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson" Criminal Element, 31 December 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2013.

Stephenson, Hannah (11 July 2018). "Crime in the blood: creator of DCI Banks comes home". The Yorkshire Post. p.15. ISSN 0963-1496. What makes Gallows View such an impressive debut novel is Robinson’s decision to balance his mystery with a vividly drawn set of characters….That he succeeds in resolving the mystery…as skilfully and believably as any ‘established’ mystery writer merely adds more promise to what one hopes will be a prolific career.”— James Mennie, Montreal Gazette 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. 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. Detective Constable Susan Gay is the first detective at the scene. She has recently been promoted to C.I.D. and the case soon takes on overwhelming professional and personal importance for her. 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. Inspector Banks's fifth case is an ironic, suspenseful tale of family secrets, hidden passions and desperate violence. Gallows View is the first novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series of novels. The novel was first printed in 1987, but has been reprinted a number of times since. Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2014 - longlist announced". Harrogate Informer. 7 May 2014 . Retrieved 13 March 2022.a b c d e f g h i j k l "Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence". Stop, You're Killing Me! . Retrieved 13 March 2022. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently relocated with his family from stressful London to the Yorkshire Dales, but soon finds that life in the countryside is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined. Cold is the Grave won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel [10] and the 2006 Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. [11] Aftermath (2001) [ edit ]

This is a first novel that does not read like one; he has established his leading character with such confidence that we find ourselves looking forward to meeting him again in the next Inspector Banks mystery.”— Cambridge Evening NewsIn July 2010, ITV commissioned a television adaptation of the novel Aftermath with Stephen Tompkinson playing the role of Banks. The adaptation was broadcast as two one-hour episodes, airing on 27 September and 4 October 2010. [20] The viewing figures were successful enough for three more adaptations to be commissioned– Playing With Fire, Friend Of The Devil, and Cold Is The Grave–under a series title DCI Banks showing as six one-hour episodes, which started airing on 16 September 2011. [21] The series went on for four more seasons, with the fifth and final season airing in 2016. [22] Books [ edit ]

A Peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale; two glue-sniffing young thugs are breaking into homes and robbing people; an old woman may or may not have been murdered. Investigating these cases is 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. In addition to all this, Banks has to deal with the local feminists and his attraction to a young psychologist, Jenny Fuller. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks’s wife, Sandra, are drawn deeper into the events. The cases weave together as the story reaches a tense and surprising climax. Solidly constructed and with some acute insights into the psychology of adolescent viciousness and middle-aged lust–a remarkable first novel which should have many successes.”— Eric Wright Like Rendell’s Kingsmarkham…Robinson’s Eastvale and Banks and his family could be around for a good while. It’s a more than competent beginning.”— Charles Champlin, Los Angeles TimesKirk (6 September 2011). "DCI Banks Series to Air Starting Friday 16 September" . Retrieved 31 March 2020. The Inspector Banks series is a collection of mystery novels by Peter Robinson about Detective Superintendent Alan Banks. The Summer That Never Was, the 13th novel in the series, was originally published in 2003 in the United Kingdom. The book was retitled as Close to Home in the United States. The considerable appeal of this first novel, an English village police procedural, lies in Robinson’s updating of the genre with realistic treatment of contemporary violence and sexual issues, while maintaining the charm and civility of the setting.”— Publishers Weekly

The Hammett Prize: Past Winners, Nominees, and Judges". www.crimewritersna.org. International Association of Crime Writers, North American Branch . Retrieved 17 February 2017. The series is set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. Robinson has stated that Eastvale is modelled on Ripon and Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road[ sic]. [1] A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales.

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The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I’m wrong’ - Stephen King Winner of the 2000 Barry Award for Be Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.