Titles
Friend of the Devil – A quadriplegic woman is taken away from her nursing home, apparently by an acquaintance, and her throat is slit. Annie Cabbot is on loan to a small police station near Whitby and it becomes her case.
In a Dry Season – When a drought drains the local Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering a long-drowned small village and the skeleton of a murder victim from the 1940s, Detective Alan Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabot must investigate the decades-old crime and unmask anevil secret from the past.
Playing With Fire – 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.
Piece of my Heart - In an era of free love and rebellion, a dead body is discovered among the detritus of a recently concluded rock festival—a beautiful young woman stabbed so savagely through the chest that a piece of her heart was sliced off.
Bad Boy – A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to speak to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. But since Banks is away on holiday, his partner, Annie Cabbot, steps in.
A Necessary End – One rainy March evening, an anti-nuclear demonstration outside the Eastvale Community Centre turns nasty: the mood of the crowd begins to darken as the weather worsens. Finally the police lose control and violence erupts, leaving one policeman dead with almost a hundred suspects.
Past Reason Hated – Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can sometimes prove fatal’and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley’s life…and death. She was a beautiful enigma, brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas.
A Dedicated Man – The body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a drystone wall near the village of Helmthorpe, Swainsdale. Who on earth would want to kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man?
Dry Bones That Dream – 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.
The Hanging Valley – A faceless corpse is discovered in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks’s frustration only grows when the identity of the body is revealed.
Gallows View - Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. But depravity and violence are not unique to large cities. His new venue, the quaint little village of Eastvale, seems to have more than its fair share of malefactors.
Caedmon’s Song – A long, oily blackness punctuated by quick, vivid dreams . . . They were all just dreams. She couldn’t possibly see these things, could she? Her eyes were closed. And if they really happened, then she would have screamed out from the pain, wouldn’t she?’
Wednesday’s Child – When two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at Brenda Scupham’s door, her fear of authority leads her to comply meekly with their requests. Even when they say they must take her seven-year old daughter away for tests.
Note: The Peter Robinson Collection of 14 Books set is about the Detective Chief Inspector Banks investigation on events happening (Crime Fiction Series)
