num_pages: 308
description: 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 not quite as idyllic as he had imagined ...A peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale. Two glue-sniffing thugs are breaking into homes. An old woman may or may not have been murdered. In addition, Banks has to deal with his attraction to a young psychologist Jenny Fuller. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks's wife are drawn deeper into events. And Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together ...'The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art' Dennis Lehane'If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clean writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists - they'll get you every time' Ian Rankin'An expert plotter with an eye for telling detail' New York Times
language: English
title: Gallows View
titlecomplete: Gallows View (Inspector Banks, #1)
characters: David (Gallows View), Dr. Charles Stewart Glendenning, Dr. Jenny Fuller, Ethel Carstairs, Sergeant Jim Hatchley, Sandra Banks, David Craig, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Susan Gay, Graham Sharp, Lennie Webster, Phil Richmond, Mick Webster, Fred Rowe, Tracy Banks (aka Francesca), Alice Matlock, Louis Micklethwaite, Trevor Sharp, Robin Allott, Dorothy Wycombe, Brian Banks, Carol Ellis, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Harriet (Gallows View), Mr. Wooller, Thelma Pitt
genres: British Literature, Mystery, Police, Fiction, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Canada, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 16180
places: Yorkshire, England
series: Inspector Banks
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger
publisher: MacMillan