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First published in the late s, Gallows View focuses on the characters and day to day police work in a provincial Yorkshire Dales town. The story follows a series of petty crimes that escalate into more serious ones, dealing with the effects on the victims, perpetrators and police officers/5().

Gallows View is the first novel in the popular Inspector Banks series by British author Peter Robinson. Banks, has recently moved from the high-crime city of London to Yorkshire, a sleepy little town, where crime is not particularly /5. Gallows View (Inspector Banks series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Robinson, Peter.

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Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.4/5(68). Gallows View (Inspector Banks Mystery) (Book #1 in the Inspector Banks Series)5/5(5). Gallows View is the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series/5(K).

“What makes Gallows View such an impressive debut novel is Robinson’s decision to balance his mystery with a vividly drawn set of he succeeds in resolving the mystery as skilfully and believably as any ‘established’ mystery writer merely adds more promise to what one hopes will be a prolific career.”.

Gallows Viewis the first novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis.

But he soon finds that life in the country is /5(). Gallows View by Peter Robinson - Chief Inspector Alan Banks moved away from London to the quaint village of Eastvale to find some peace, but trouble can be found Released on: Novem Gallows View () About book: With insomnia wrecking my nights (again) I've begun to read detective fiction again, these long and endless series of novels that really just form one continuous story.

Gallows view At first I wasn’t sure I liked it. Kind of hooked me after that. I’m glad I listened to it. The story was OK, but the book was very much of it's time (I think it was written in ), and the author's portrayal of attitudes to sexual equality and sex crimes was heavy handed, to say the least.

As my wife pointed out, I'm in. Yorkshire Inspector Alan Banks juggles three cases involving a peeping Tom, a series of robberies, and the murder of an old woman—all in the first of a projected series by Canadian author Robinson.

Banks is a southerner who'd just as soon relax in the quiet village of Eastvale while he pursues his new interest in Italian opera, but the cases take a personal interest when.

Gallows View - Ebook written by Peter Robinson. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Gallows View/5(33). Gallows View was a book I had picked up about a year ago and then put on the "I'll get to it eventually" shelf.

There are essentially two mysteries in the book, a peeping Tom on the loose and the murder of an elderly lady/5(57).

Gallows View. Inspector Banks, Book 1 It's an excellent abridged book and it's hard to imagine what has been cut as it seems a detailed story with all the threads coming together satisfactorily at the conclusion and the characters are well rounded creations helped greatly by the excellent narration by Neil Pearson.

Gallows View The First Inspector Banks Novel (Book): Robinson, Peter: "This is the first book in series featuring Yorkshire Detective Inspector Alan Banks, in a new trade paperback edition" 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, among them a brazen Peeping Tom who hides in night's shadows spying on attractive, unsuspecting ladies Brand: William Morrow & Company.

Find books like Gallows View (Inspector Banks, #1) from the world’s largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked Gallows View (Inspector Ban. Gallows View An Inspector Banks Mystery (Book): Robinson, Peter: Former London policeman Alan Banks moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis, but soon finds that life in the country is not quite as peaceful as he had imagined.

In Edgar Award–nominated Robinson's book, the first in a series featuring British inspector Alan Banks, readers meet Banks as he moves to Yorkshire seeking peace of mind. Gallows View. The first book of a series has to be well written while leaving the reader wanting more and Gallows View does this really well.

The main characters are believable as is the process. A crime investigation is like a jigsaw puzzle, lots of different pieces, not one senior officer solving the whole thing on their own!/5.gallows view, bed and breakfast, b&b bunratty, bunratty hotels, Bunratty Castle, Shannon Airport, bunratty b&b.