Gallows View: The first novel in the number one bestselling Inspector Banks series (The Inspector Banks series, 1)

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The series is set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. Robinson has stated that Eastvale is modelled on Ripon and Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road[ sic]. [1] A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales.

The novel was nominated for the 2004 Anthony Award for Best Novel. [8] Piece of My Heart (2006) [ edit ] Cold is the Grave won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel [10] and the 2006 Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. [11] Aftermath (2001) [ edit ] The considerable appeal of this first novel, an English village police procedural, lies in Robinson’s updating of the genre with realistic treatment of contemporary violence and sexual issues, while maintaining the charm and civility of the setting.”— Publishers Weekly Flood, Alison (27 July 2009). "Mark Billingham wins crime novel of the year award". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 March 2022. a b c d "The Hammett Prize: Past Winner, Nominees, and Judges". International Association of Crime Writers: North American Branch . Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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Mr. Robinson has created a credible policeman and his characters are sharply drawn. A nice climax, too, and it is good news that another Banks adventure is in the offing.”— Derek Naylor, Yorkshire Evening Post Winner of the 2000 Barry Award for Be Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. In Robinson's stunning 17th suspense novel to feature DCI Alan Banks (after 2006's Piece of My Heart Janssen, Victoria "Fresh Meat: Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson" Criminal Element, 31 December 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2013. Peter Robinson’s first, and extremely well-fashioned, police procedural. An expert plotter with an eye for telling detail, Mr. Robinson can also make acute social observations.”— Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Peter Robinson was born in Yorkshire. After getting his BA Honours Degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds, he came to Canada and took his MA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor, with Joyce Carol Oates as his tutor, then a PhD in English at York University. He has taught at a number of Toronto community colleges and universities and served as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor, 1992-93. The victim was white, in his early thirties, five feet eleven inches tall, ten and a half stone in weight, and in good physical condition. The last part always irritated Banks: how could a corpse ever be in good physical condition ?” The Summer That Never Was, the 13th novel in the series, was originally published in 2003 in the United Kingdom. The book was retitled as Close to Home in the United States.

Solidly constructed and with some acute insights into the psychology of adolescent viciousness and middle-aged lust–a remarkable first novel which should have many successes.”— Eric Wright