Hanging Valley

Peter Robinson

The Hanging Valley

Critical acclaim for Peter Robinson and the Inspector Banks series GALLOWS VIEW

‘Peter Robinson is an expert plotter with an eye for telling detail’ New York Times

‘An impressive debut’ Publishers Weekly

‘Fans of P. D. James and Ruth Rendell who crave more contemporary themes should look no further than Peter Robinson’ Washington Post

A DEDICATED MAN

‘Robinson’s profound sense of place and reflective study of human nature give fine depth to his mystery’ New York Times

‘A deftly constructed plot… Robinson’s skill with the British police procedural has been burnished to a high gloss’ Chicago Tribune

A NECESSARY END

‘Another superior mystery’ Publishers Weekly

THE HANGING VALLEY

‘Highly recommended’ Kirkus Review

PAST REASON HATED

‘The characterizations are unfailingly sharp and subtle’ New York Times WEDNESDAY’S CHILD

‘A dark, unsettling story… Impressive’ New York Times

DRY BONES THAT DREAM

‘Highly entertaining’ Scotland on Sunday

‘High-quality crime from one of Canada’s top crime-writers’ Toronto Star INNOCENT GRAVES

‘Atmospheric’ Time Out

DEAD RIGHT

‘Every page here is readable and compelling’ Washington Times

‘This book has everything that makes a Peter Robinson book good… He writes absolutely perfect dialo-gue. And the plot keeps the reader guessing until the end’ Mystery Scene IN A DRY SEASON

‘A powerfully moving work’ IAN RANKIN

‘A wonderful novel’ MICHAEL CONNELLY

COLD IS THE GRAVE

‘Full of twists and surprises’ Chicago Tribune

‘Exhilarating’ Toronto Star

AFTERMATH

‘Move over Ian Rankin - there’s a new gunslinger in town. If you haven’t caught up with him already, now is the time to start’ Independent on Sunday

‘It demonstrates how the crime novel, when done right, can reach parts that other books can’t… A considerable achievement’ Guardian

‘A taut thriller with more twists than the Leeds to Goole highway’ Time Out Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire and now lives in Canada.

His Inspector Banks series has won numerous awards in Britain, Europe, the United States and Canada. There are now fifteen novels published by Pan Macmillan in the series, of which The

Hanging Valley is the fourth. Aftermath, the twelfth, was a Sunday Times bestseller.

The Inspector Banks series

GALLOWS VIEW

A DEDICATED MAN

A NECESSARY END

THE HANGING VALLEY

PAST REASON HATED

WEDNESDAY’S CHILD

DRY BONES THAT DREAM

INNOCENT GRAVES

DEAD RIGHT

IN A DRY SEASON

COLD IS THE GRAVE

AFTERMATH

THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS

PLAYING WITH FIRE

STRANGE AFFAIR

Also by Peter Robinson

CAEDMON’S SONG

NOT SAFE AFTER DARK AND OTHER WORKS

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ROBINSON