The Hanging Valley
A Novel of Suspense

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

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

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

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

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