The Hanging Valley, Peter Robinson
The Hanging Valley, Peter Robinson
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The Hanging Valley
A Novel of Suspense

Author: Peter Robinson

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/24/2010


Synopsis

No one dreamed something so hideous could grow in so beautiful a place...

Many who visit the valley are overwhelmed by its majesty. Some wish they never had to leave. One didn't: a hiker whose decomposing corpse is discovered by an unsuspecting tourist. But this strange, incomprehensible murder is only the edge of the darkness that hovers over a small rural village and its tight-lipped residents, who guard shattering secrets of sordid pasts and private shames. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that both the grim truth and a cold-blooded killer are hiding here, far from the city, the noise, and safety. And he's determined to walk into the valley of death to expose them both.

About Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson is an award-winning author whose novels have been named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, a Notable Book by the New York Times, and a Page Turner of the Week by People magazine. He is widely known for his series of Inspector Banks novels, including In a Dry Season, which was nominated for an Edgar Award and won the Anthony Award. Peter was born and raised in Yorkshire, England, but has lived in North America for nearly twenty-five years. He now divides his time between North America and the United Kingdom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on December 31, 2015

A hiker on a fell-walking holiday near Swainshead stumbles across a maggot-infested corpse whose face had been ravaged — the second time the quiet of this Yorkshire village had been marred by murder. Five years earlier a private detective from London, Raymond Addison, left the Greenock Guesthouse wh......more

Goodreads review by Baba on April 28, 2020

Bank's fourth case starts with a dumped corspse being found in the countryside area known as the Hanging Valley near a small village. As Banks starts the investigation it is apparent that there is not only a conspiracy withing the village but also that the murder may be related to earlier unsolved m......more

Goodreads review by Marwan on April 03, 2016

Wow, Peter Robinson's Books are getting better and better. I liked this one more than the previous three. I also love the bond between Chief Inspector Banks and his superior Gristhorpe, and I laughed when he said to Banks that he smokes like a bloody chimney. The Story begins when a corpse has been d......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 31, 2018

When a faceless corpse is found in a hidden valley Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates. With this, the fourth (& so far the best) book in the series, Peter Robinson continues to add a few more layers of personality to his down to earth sleuth. Banks shows that he can multitask. He questions suspe......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on November 25, 2015

A dead body is discovered near the village of Swainshead by a fell walking tourist, doubling the number of murders in the area for the last 5-year period. The first one has gone unsolved and at that time a local woman also went missing. Could some or all of these cases be related? After the investig......more