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The Hanging Valley

Inspector Banks, Book 4

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The Hanging Valley

By: Peter Robinson
Narrated by: Neil Pearson
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The Hanging Valley is the fourth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from A Necessary End.

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. For it seems that his latest case may be connected with an unsolved murder in the same area five years ago.

Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in the area. When they start using their influence to slow down the investigation, Banks finds himself in a race against time . . .

The Hanging Valley is followed by the fifth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, Past Reason Hated.

 Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense Banking Suspense Fiction

Critic reviews

The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art (Dennis Lehane)
If you haven't caught up with Peter Robinson already, now is the time to start
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I've been re-listening to this series and am struck by how the abridged versions tell the story perfectly well with the advantage that the lengthy descriptions of Inspector Bank's musical playlists, that pad out the unabridged books, are largely absent, but not the product placements and excessive mentions of characters smoking: authorial proselytizing? It's a good story ably narrated.

Abridged versions cut out the padding

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