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Gallows View
The Inspector Banks series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Peter Robinson
- Narrator
- Neil Pearson
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2007
- Run Time
- 2 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis. But he soon finds that life in the country is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined.
A peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale. Two glue-sniffing thugs are breaking into homes. An old woman may or may not have been murdered. In addition, Banks has to deal with his attraction to a young psychologist Jenny Fuller. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks's wife are drawn deeper into events. And Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together . . .
Critics Review
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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
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An expert plotter with an eye for telling detail
New York Times
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The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art
Dennis Lehane
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Details
- Author
- Peter Robinson
- Narrator
- Neil Pearson
- Duration
- 2 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2007
- ISBN
- 9780230702592
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis. But he soon finds that life in the country is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined. A peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale. Two glue-sniffing thugs are breaking into homes. An old woman may or may not have been murdered. In addition, Banks has to deal with his attraction to a young psychologist Jenny Fuller. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks's wife are drawn deeper into events. And Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together . . .
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