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Peter Robinson's psychological thriller Caedmon's Song follows two characters and their mysterious connection. On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is viciously attacked. When she...

“Robinson is an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail.”—Michael Connelly One of the world's greatest suspense writers returns with the 27th novel featuring the legendary detective Alan Banks in the mystery series Stephen King...

Peter Robinson, the acclaimed author of the bestselling series Stephen King calls “the best now on the market,” returns with a gripping, emotionally charged mystery in which the revered detective Alan Banks must find the truth about a murder with possible racial overtones—and save a friend...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sleeping in the Ground comes this brilliantly nuanced short story collection of twenty stories—most never before published in the US, and one of them an Edgar winner—which also features three Inspector Banks tales. Peter Robinson pens thrilling...

Chief Inspector Alan Banks faces his most personal case from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson. A bullet to the brain abruptly halted a terrified young woman's desperate flight. In her pocket is the name of a policeman whose own life was brutally invaded, mercilessly shaken, and...

On February 6, 2001, my nine-year-old daughter happened to wander into the room during a television segment marking Ronald Reagan's ninetieth birthday. She watched for a moment. Then she turned to me and asked, ""Dad, is that the President you worked for?"" What answer could I give her? How...

Leeds, settembre 1969. Il primo festival rock all'aperto dello Yorkshire si è appena concluso sulle note dei Madd Hatters. Con gli occhi che bruciano per la stanchezza, Dave sta pulendo il prato, quando nota un sacco a pelo abbandonato. Lo tocca con la punta del piede: dentro c'è un corpo. Un drogato, pensa. Ma quando si china per guardare meglio si pente della propria curiosità. Leeds, ottobre 2005. L'ispettore Alan Banks si sta occupando dell'omicidio di Nick Barber, un giovane giornalista musicale.

A fantastic crime collection, including a brand-new Inspector Banks novella, from Number One bestseller Peter Robinson When DCI Alan Banks arrived in Eastvale his life was every bit as much of a mess as it is now. But he is holding an envelope that could change everything he understood about the...

Multiple award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with Children of the Revolution, a superb tale of mystery and murder that takes acclaimed British Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks back to the early 1970s—a turbulent time of politics...

L'ispettore Alan Banks della polizia dello Yorkshire sta dando la caccia al Camaleonte, un maniaco responsabile della scomparsa di cinque ragazzine. Il mistero sembra risolto quando una pattuglia della polizia si presenta a una tranquilla coppia borghese, dopo la telefonata di una vicina che ha segnalato una lite coniugale. La cantina della casa rivela una scena raccapricciante: un'adolescente violentata e uccisa, materiale pornografico, tracce di riti satanici.

El inspector jefe Alan Banks se enfrenta al peor momento de su carrera: su hermano, Roy, ha desaparecido después de dejarle en el contestador un angustiado mensaje de socorro. Aunque se han distanciado y apenas se hablaban, el inspector jefe Banks, oficialmente de vacaciones, vuelve a Londres para investigar el paradero de Roy. La policía de Yorkshire está a punto de emitir una orden de busca y captura sobre el propio Banks: una joven ha sido encontrada asesinada en su coche con un disparo en la sien y una única pista.

Yorkshire, Inglaterra, verano de 1969. Al finalizar un concierto de rock, un grupo de jóvenes encuentra el cadáver de una chica en el interior de un saco de dormir. Todo apunta a que ha sido brutalmente asesinada y a que su muerte guarda cierta relación con la banda de psicodelia Mad Hatters. Al menos, eso quedó reflejado en el expediente del caso, que en su momento fue investigado por un tal Stanley Chadwick.

Peterborough, agosto 1965. Dopo il consueto giro di consegna dei giornali, il quattordicenne Graham Marshall scompare misteriosamente senza lasciare traccia. A distanza di oltre trent'anni, la scoperta inattesa dei suoi resti risveglia il caso che sconvolse un'intera comunità. L'ispettore capo della polizia dello Yorkshire Alan Banks, tormentato dal senso di colpa per la fine di Graham, suo amico d'infanzia, decide immediatamente di collaborare alle indagini. Intanto, un altro ragazzo, Luke Armitage, sparisce e viene ritrovato morto.

Según cómo se mire, la imagen del fuego que consume dos barcas en el agua puede resultar hermosa. El inspector Banks, un hombre curtido por las tragedias extraliterarias, sabe que no se trata de un accidente, sino de una puesta en escena. A pesar del patrón evidente, y aunque los primeros resultados de la investigación indican que la intriga se sitúa en el mundillo de los falsificadores de obras de arte y estafadores varios, puede que estos crímenes no sean un fin en sí mismos.

En usædvanlig tør sommer udtørrer Thornfield-reservoiret, og frem dukker resterne af Hobb's End, den lille Yorkshirelandsby, der blev oversvømmet 60 år tidligere. Det samme gør skelettet af en brutalt myrdet kvinde, og kriminalkommissær Alan Banks må nu finde frem til en morder, der har undgået straf i over et halvt århundrede. I en tør tid udkom første gang i 1999 (og på dansk i 2003) og er nummer 10 i serien om kriminalkommissær Alan Banks.

Through the years of success in Hollywood composing music for the world's most lauded films, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now, after his wife's death, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he rents an isolated house...

The twenty-second novel in Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson's critically acclaimed DCI Banks series. When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a...

The twenty-first novel in Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson's critically acclaimed DCI Banks series. Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence except...

Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all...

A beautiful June day in the Yorkshire Dales, and a group of children are spending the last of their half-term freedom swimming in the river near Hindswell Woods. But the idyll is shattered by their discovery of a man's body, hanging from a tree. DI Annie Cabott soon discovers he is Mark...