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Gallows View

Inspector Banks, Book 1

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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

Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.

NEW TOWN. NEW CASES. NEW DANGER.

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently relocated with his family to the Yorkshire Dales from stressful London but soon finds that life in the countryside is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined.

Three cases come to the fore: a voyeur is terrorizing the women of Eastvale. Two thugs are breaking into homes, and an old woman is dead, possibly murdered. As the tension mounts, Banks must also deal with his attraction to a young psychologist Jenny Fuller, and when both Jenny and Banks's wife are drawn deeper into events Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together . . .

Gallows View is followed by A Dedicated Man in the Inspector Banks series.

 Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Thriller Banking Crime England Suspense

Critic reviews

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)
An expert plotter with an eye for telling detail
The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art (Dennis Lehane)
All stars
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Having watched all of the D I Banks tv shows to listen to this audio book read by Simon Slater sounded just like the actor Stephen Tompkinson. story was good but appeared to run out of steam.

A good story well read

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As much as I like and enjoy listen to audiobooks, I sometimes wonder how could some otherwise great readers slip over so easy to check pronunciation of foreign language words. It was a crescendo... until “perchè” becomes .... pertsche’ - too much, really. Tricky Italian? Not really. All you have to do is listen to the famous aria anyone can sing correctly. DCI Banks is telling you all about the aria and the opera. What I am trying to say is that a tiny effort will make a great difference and we listeners will appreciate it very much.

Do please, listen to the opera...

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I read this book many years ago when it first came out and loved it. This time I decided to listen to the Audible version. I definitely think the book is a bit dated now (it was written over 30 years ago) but it’s still a great start to the series. I love books set in my home county of Yorkshire. Eastvale is fictional but there are many similar little towns. The characters are believable and the plot was interesting and compelling.

Will listen to more in the series.

A little dated but still a great read/listen

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Loved the 80's period characters. Look forward to reading more in the series. Good page turner

Brilliantly read. Good characters

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Quite good. There are both better and worse books. OK but not outstanding or memorable

Average

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