A dedicated man is dead in the Yorkshire dales -- a former university professor, wealthy historian and archaeologist who loved his adopted village. It is a particularly heinous slaying, considering the esteem in which the victim, Harry Steadman, was held by his neighbors and colleagues -- by everyon[...]

In the fifth novel of the British detective series, Chief Inspector Alan Banks explores the turbulent life of Caroline Hartley, a cafe manager and amateur actress who becomes the victim of a crime of passion. Reprint.[...]

In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he [...]

Yorkshire is rocked when several girls disappear. Before Inspector Banks can find them, though, their bodies are discovered by two policemen answering a domestic disturbance call. To find the truth, Banks will be forced to confront the darkest side of human nature, where family secrets and past si[...]

The fourth, haunting Inspector Banks novel back in print.

The Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in Swainsdale, are suspected of murder. When they start to use their influence to slow down the investigation, Inspector Alan Banks finds himself in a race against t[...]

The Number One bestseller, nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award by the Crime Writers of Canada. After years of Hollywood success composer Chris Lowndes wanted only one thing: to take his beloved wife home to the Yorkshire Dales. But Laura is gone, and Chris is on his own. He welcomes the isolation of[...]

Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all si[...]

Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all si[...]

A disgraced college lecturer is found murdered with 5,000 pounds in his pocket on a disused railway line near his home. Since being dismissed from his job for sexual misconduct four years previously, he has been living a poverty-stricken and hermit-like existence in this isolated spot. The suspects [...]