Bøger af Peter Robinson

Det tilfældige fund af flere lig i en kælder afslører skolelærer Terence Payne som manden bag en række bortførelser i Leeds. Men problemerne tårner sig op for kriminalkommissær Banks.Terence er i koma efter en voldsom anholdelse, hans kone siger, at hun intet ved om mordene, og der er et regnskab, som ikke vil gå op: Der dukker mere op fra kælderen, end der burde, og noget der mangler…

Chefkriminalkommissær Alan Banks og hans team får deres sag for, da skelettet af Alan Banks barndomsven dukker op, og en dreng samtidig forsvinder. Skelettet af chefkriminalkommissær Alan Banks' barndomsven, Graham Marshall, dukker op af mudderet på en byggeplads.Graham forsvandt sporløst 40 år tidligere, og Banks har været tynget af skyld lige siden. Samtidig med, at Banks begynder at grave i fortiden, forsvinder en ung dreng fra sit hjem i Eastvale.Er der en forbindelse? Snart udvikler begge sager sig til at blive langt alvorligere, end først antaget.Banks og hans kolleger vikles ind i et livsfarligt net af alt for nære relationer.

En flok drenge leger uskyldigt i nærheden af Hindswell Woods, da de til deres gru opdager, at en mand har hængt sig i et træ. Manden viser sig at være en yngre, succesfuld scenograf ved navn Mark Hardcastle. Alt tyder på selvmord, men hvorfor dog tage sit liv, når man er på toppen af sin karriere?Kriminalkommisær Alan Banks og vicekriminalkommisær Annie Cabbots efterforskning klarlægger hurtigt, at Mark Hardcastle har bevæget sig i et miljø, som er ud over det sædvanlige, og de to efterforskere må sammen trænge ind i en skyggeverden af løgne og bedrag, hvor ingen kan vide sig sikker, og hvor intet er, hvad det giver sig ud for at være.  

The thrilling twenty-fifth instalment in Peter Robinson's Number One bestselling Banks series, in which Banks and his team find themselves with two suspicious deaths.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.The twenty third instalment of the NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING DCI Banks Series. The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong. - Stephen KingTwo young girls.Two unspeakable crimes.Fifty years separate them - their pain connects them.When the body of a 15-year-old is found in a remote countryside lane, beaten and broken, DI Annie Cabbot is brought in to investigate how the child could possibly have fallen victim to such brutality.Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is faced with a case that is as cold as they come. Now in her 60s, Linda Palmer was attacked aged 14 by celebrity entertainer Danny Caxton, yet the crime has never been investigated - until now.As each steps closer to uncovering the truth, they'll unearth secrets much darker than they ever could have guessed . . .

En kold januarmorgen kaldes chefkriminalinspektør Alan Banks og kriminalinspektør Annie Cabbot ud til kanalen i Eastvale. To pramme er brændt, og en ung stofmisbruger og en falleret kunstner er omkommet. Noget tyder på, at branden er påsat, men hvorfor skulle de to i givet fald dø? Banks og Cabbot får travlt med efterforskningen, for mens asken stadig er lun, bliver Eastvale ramt af endnu en gådefuld brand.Peter Robinson er født i Yorkshire, England, i 1950 og bor nu i Toronto med sin kone. Han har skrevet flere romaner om kriminalinspektør Alan Banks, og den internationalt prisbelønnede serie er oversat til 16 sprog. 
I samme serie foreligger I en tør tid, Kold er graven (Palle Rosenkrantz-prisen 2006), Efterspil og Alt for tæt på.

En blæsende og regnfuld aften bliver chefkriminalinspektør Alan Banks hidkaldt fra sin lune Yorkshire'ske kaminild til politichef Riddles fornemme private hjem. Anledningen er prekær: Riddle tigger Banks om hjælp til, i uofficielt ærinde, at drage til London for at eftersøge Riddles oprørske bortløbne teenagedatter Emily. Ivrig for at undslippe sit monotone skrivebordsarbejde indvilliger Banks, dog ikke uden betænkeligheder. Og det skal også snart vise sig, at han har fået hænderne mere end fulde. Jagten gennem hovedstadens moralsk anløbne underverden og tilbage igen er ikke en karruseltur. Gennem narkotikatåger, ulovligt softwaresalg og gangsterafpresning falder han over familiehemmeligheder, som er så grusomme og vidtrækkende i deres konsekvenser, at det koster både sjæl og krop at bringe dem frem i lyset. I dette spændingsmættede psykologiske drama må Banks erkende, at ondskab er allestedsnærværende, og at lidelse og smerte rammer i flæng.

Oil painting instruction for beginners and advanced students as taught by Enzo Russo, who was trained at the University of Florence by some of the giants of Italian art. This is a practical treatise on creating fine art. It contains information which Master Artist Enzo Russo gleaned from a long lifetime of painting.

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Peter Robinson's new book provides a practical contribution for anyone considering how to prepare for their end of life, including those from LGBTQ+ communities.

The complete manual to gardening with rock and water, from planning the design and construction to planting schemes and fish care.

The Retrieved Attachments in Peter Robinson's new collection are to people and places, friends and loved ones, mentor poets and artists. Deploying the full range of his gifts, these poems are characteristically responsive both to fresh encounters and evocative returns.

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Explore a nostalgic and lavishly illustrated look back at the history of bus and coach travel in the UK.

Peter Robinson, the acclaimed author of the bestselling series Stephen King calls ?the best now on the market,? returns with a gripping, emotionally charged mystery in which the revered detective Alan Banks must find the truth about a murder with possible racial overtones?and save a friend from ruin. In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed into a wheelie bin on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to solve this sensitive case, but tensions rise when they learn that the victim was stabbed somewhere else and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from?Then, in a decayed area of Eastvale scheduled for redevelopment, a heroin addict is found dead. Was this just another tragic overdose, or something darker?To prevent tensions from reaching a boiling point, Banks must find answers quickly. Yet just when he needs to be at his sharpest, the seasoned detective finds himself distracted by a close friend's increasingly precarious situation. Banks needs a break?and gets one when he finds a connection to a real estate developer who could be the key to finding the truth. With so many loose ends dangling, there is one thing Banks is sure of?solving the case will come at a terrible cost.

One of the greatest suspense novelists alive, Peter Robinson pens thrilling tales rich with keen observations, pitch-perfect dialogue and shocking plot twists that have fascinated readers all over the world. His acclaimed novels featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks rank among the most celebrated police procedural series in modern fiction. In this new edition of Not Safe After Dark, Robinson showcases once again his extraordinary talents with a collection of twenty stories, including three featuring Inspector Banks. In disappearance of a young boy in the early days of World War II sparks a mob mentality with chilling results. captures the desperate plight of a man trapped by a set of coincidences that derail his life and lead him down a path he was destined to travel. The title story, "Not Safe After Dark," is an exhilarating tale with a sudden conclusion that will leave readers' hearts pounding.

MICHAEL CONNELLY calls Peter Robinson "an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail."See why in Sleeping in the Ground, the gripping new novel starring Alan Banks -- featuring an opening scene you'll never forget, and a finale you won't see coming.At the doors of a charming country church, an unspeakable act destroys a wedding party. A huge manhunt ensues. The culprit is captured. The story is over.Except it isn't. For Alan Banks, still struggling with a tragic loss of his own, there's something wrong about this case -- something unresolved. Reteaming with profiler Jenny Fuller, the relentless detective deeper into the crime... deep enough to unearth long-buried secrets that reshape everything Banks thought he knew about the events outside that chapel. And when at last the shocking truth becomes clear, it's almost too late.Packed with twists and turns, heart and soul, this is another triumph from an author "at the top of his game" (LOUISE PENNY).

At the doors of a charming country church, an unspeakable act destroys a wedding party. A huge manhunt ensues. The culprit is captured. The story is over.Except it isn't. For Alan Banks, still struggling with a tragic loss of his own, there's something wrong about this case?something unresolved. Reteaming with profiler Jenny Fuller, the relentless detective dives deeper into the crime . . . deep enough to unearth long-buried secrets that reshape everything Banks thought he knew about the events outside that chapel.And when at last the shocking truth becomes clear, it's almost too late.Packed with twists and turns, heart and soul, this is another triumph from an author ?at the top of his game? (Louise Penny).

1969. . . . In an era of free love and rebellion, a dead body is discovered among the detritus of a recently concluded rock festival?a beautiful young woman stabbed so savagely through the chest that a piece of her heart was sliced off.Now. . . . A freelance journalist, a stranger to the region, is savagely bludgeoned to death in a shocking act of violence with no apparent motive.Two murders separated by four decades are investigated by two very different but equally haunted investigators?one, a casualty of war unable to come to terms with a confusing new world; the other, a rogue policeman harboring ghosts of his own. But the truth behind a grisly present-day slaying may somehow be hidden in the amplified, drug-induced fog of a notorious past, propelling Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks into the darkest shadows of the peace, love, and rock 'n' roll generation.A complex, multi-layered thriller, Piece of My Heart once again attests to Peter Robinson's incomparable storytelling genius.

?Cunningly plotted. . . . The characters have complexity and the issues range broad and deep, raising interesting moral questions about bigotry, class privilege, and the crime of being different.??New York Times Book ReviewA body is discovered in a graveyard?aboveground. It is the sort of horrific crime Chief Inspector Alan Banks fled the city to escape. But the murder of a bright teenager from a wealthy, respected family is not the end of the nightmare. Lies, dark secrets, and sinister clues swirl around this killing like leaves in an autumn wind, leading to a shattering travesty of justice that will divide a suspicious community. Yet Banks must remain vigilant in his hunt?because when the devil is left free to pursue his terrible calling, more blood will surely flow.Electrifying and utterly addictive, Innocent Graves is one of Peter Robinson's most chilling tales of suspense.?Inspector Banks is a man for all seasons.??Michael Connelly

In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservoir have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom?ruins that house the unidentified bones of a murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a sadistic killer who has escaped detection for half a century. For the dark secrets of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman, even though the town that bred them has died and its former residents have been scattered to far places?or even to their graves.

?An exceptional series.??San Diego Union-TribuneIt was a crime of ingenious evil: a seven-year-old girl taken from her home by a young couple posing as social workers. Chief Inspector Alan Banks fears for little Gemma Scupham, even as the motive for her kidnapping remains a mystery. No ransom is ever demanded, nor could Gemma's tortured, guilt-ridden mother afford to pay one.And when the body of a young man is discovered in an abandoned mine, slain in a particularly brutal fashion, a disturbing case takes one more sinister twist, drawing Banks into the sordid depths of a malice more terrible and terrifying than anything the seasoned investigator has ever encountered.Utterly suspenseful and compelling, Wednesday's Child will leave readers guessing and on the edge of their seats.?Exemplary.??New York Times Book Review

?Fans of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell . . . should look no further than Peter Robinson.??Washington Post Book WorldChief Inspector Alan Banks knows that secrecy can prove fatal, and secrets were the driving force behind Caroline Hartley's life . . . and death.She was brutally stabbed in her own home three days prior to Christmas. Leaving her past behind for a forbidden love affair, she mystified more than a few. And now she is dead.In this season of giving and forgiving, Banks is eager to absolve the innocent of their sins. But that must wait until the dark circle of his investigation finally closes . . . and when a killer makes the next move.Past Reason Hated is a relentlessly suspenseful novel that shows why Peter Robinson is one of the world's most acclaimed and popular mystery writers. ?Exquisite.? ?USA Today

Visitors have long been drawn to the beauty and serenity of the Yorkshire countryside. Some never leave?like the hiker whose decomposing corpse is discovered in a wooded valley outside the tiny village of Swainshead.It is the second such homicide to plague the region in recent years, and it is pulling investigating Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks into a dangerous mire of dark pasts, local power, and private shames. For a shocking truth and cold-blooded killer are waiting there . . . and Banks is determined to walk into a valley of death to expose them both.An arresting, electrifying novel of suspense, The Hanging Valley will remain etched in readers' minds long after they turn the last page.

One phone call from a concerned neighbor has inadvertently led police to Terence Payne, the elusive serial killer known only as "Chameleon." Now Payne is in custody, perhaps dying, and a long nightmare appears to be over at last. But is it?For Alan Banks?currently head of the local police force?too many questions remain unanswered at the chamber of horrors the press will dub the "House of Payne." Because the darkness has not yet lifted, the casualties are still mounting . . . and there are still monsters loose in the world.Showcasing the dark forces of human nature, master of suspense Peter Robinson is at the height of his storytelling powers in a novel that will leave readers guessing until the final page.