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peter robinson author of the inspector banks novels skip to content peter robinson author of the inspector banks novels menu home books inspector banks novels standing in the shadows 2023 not dark yet 2021 many rivers to cross 2019 careless love 2018 sleeping in the ground 2017 when the music s over 2016 no cure for love 2015 abattoir blues 2014 children of the revolution 2013 watching the dark 2012 bad boy 2010 all the colours of darkness 2008 friend of the devil 2007 2008 piece of my heart 2006 strange affair 2005 playing with fire 2004 the summer that never was 2003 aftermath 2001 cold is the grave 2000 in a dry season 1999 dead right 1997 innocent graves 1996 dry bones that dream 1994 wednesday s child 1992 past reason hated 1992 the hanging valley 1989 a necessary end 1989 a dedicated man 1988 gallows view 1987 non series novels before the poison 2011 no cure for love 1995 caedmon s song 1990 short stories the price of love 2009 not safe after dark 1998 playlists faq about peter robinson contact new edition of aftermath with forward by ian rankin february 24 2026 february 24 2026 kirk a new edition of aftermath the 12th banks novel is being published on march 12 in the uk with a new cover for the 25th anniversary of its release this edition contains a foreword by ian rankin peter s friend and fellow crime writer when a concerned neighbour calls the police to number 35 the hill after a domestic disturbance the two constables are led to a truly horrific scene they unwittingly uncover an elusive serial killer known as the chameleon with the killer finally in custody it appears the nightmare is over not for banks though too many questions remain unanswered at the house of horrors when they discover that there are more bodies than victims banks is caught in his darkest case yet could it be that the chameleon killer was just one monster of many ian rankin says in his forward aftermath is the twelfth book in the series and was published at the beginning of the twenty first century it shows banks not as a difficult loner or a maverick but as the leader of a team dedicated to digging down to buried truths using the latest technological advances and profiling techniques banks himself has never been static as a character his life evolves and he is changed by each case he works his personal and professional entanglements playing a key role in every book he broods and thinks and sups falls in and out of love has to deal with an ex wife and her new found happiness all the time supported by a cast of characters who live breathe and change as the series progresses peter robinson created a body of work that will stand the test of time and this book is among his very best it can t have been easy to write it is a wonderful novel to read new covers for inspector banks novels in the uk september 10 2025 kirk in 2025 pan macmillan embarked on reissuing robinson s celebrated dci banks collection starting with in a dry season in march and the summer that never was in august in the former dci banks investigates old crimes when the remains of a lost village concealed for over four decades emerge during an unprecedented drought in the latter banks faces his own history when the body of his childhood best friend missing since they were fourteen is discovered the new paperback editions of these esteemed titles are available through major uk supermarkets highly praised by crime thriller titans like ian rankin jeffery deaver and stephen king this no 1 bestselling series captivated audiences with its relatable yet complex protagonist and expertly woven suspenseful narratives it was adapted into a major itv1 drama with stephen tompkinson as inspector banks and andrea lowe as di annie cabbot the peter robinson memorial event countryside and crime michael jecks june 26 2025 june 26 2025 kirk as part of the richmond walking book festival author michael jecks will be giving the peter robinson memorial lecture on 19 september 2025 at 7 30 pm in richmond the town peter called home when he was not in toronto canada peter had a home there for many years and spent time each year in his native yorkshire michael jecks is an author of crime fiction notably a series set in mediaeval times living on dartmoor michael jecks says is the best way to research mediaeval stories he will discuss his feelings about landscape in novels how characters are shaped by their surroundings and how authors can get the most from the scenery about them he regularly wild camps on dartmoor and can be found walking over the wilds with his two dogs as he plots his stories all are grounded in fact and in places he knows well his work involves intensive research into the crimes committed by our ancestors reading court records coroner reports and histories that cover the industrial history of dartmoor michael is the hon secretary of the detection club founder of medieval murderers and was chair of the crime writers association he is a regular speaker at international crime and literary festivals tickets for the event are available here and you can find more information about the festival here richmond town hall dl10 4ql 7 30pm 10 refreshments bookstall disabled access available peter robinson celebration of life may 2023 november 8 2023 kirk in may 2023 a celebration of peter robinson s life was held in toronto canada to coincide with the launch of his final novel standing in the shadows the peter robinson award for best crime fiction may 25 2023 june 17 2025 kirk the crime writers of canada sponsors annual awards of excellence there are ten categories the most prestigious of which is the 1 000 prize for best crime novel hyacinthe miller the chair of the cwc announced on 18 may 2023 that starting in 2024 and for 5 years the award would be renamed the peter robinson award for best crime novel sponsored by rakuten kobo on thursday 18 may 2023 cwc chair hyacinthe miller presented peter robinson s widow sheila halliday with a picture of the future peter robinson award for best crime fiction sponsored by rakuten kobo for 1000 the renaming of the award was announced at the celebration of life held at the balmy beach club in toronto the response to the renaming was enthusiastic it was quite emotional said hyacinthe a tribute to peter robinson thursday 8 june 2023 may 10 2023 kirk last year the crime writing world lost one of its very finest peter robinson author of the bestselling inspector banks series in this special online event three leading crime writers michael connelly louise penny and ian rankin will pay tribute to peter s life and body of work which spanned over three decades the event will be available to view free of charge from thursday 8th june to mark the publication day of the twenty eighth and final book in the banks series standing in the shadows this is a free online event to attend visit the harrogate festival website leeds univeristy is hosting a celebration of crime writer peter robinson on thursday 8 june 2023 may 10 2023 kirk crime writer and university of leeds alumnus peter robinson died after a short illness last year the leeds born novelist was well known as the author of the best selling dci banks novels crime writer and leeds alumnus peter robinson died after a short illness last year the leeds born novelist was well known as the author of the best selling dci banks novel as the final installment in the dci banks series is published we will be celebrating peter s work in a special event you will hear from crime writers academics and students on the mastery of peter s work and his connection to the university and have the chance to delve into peter s literary archive housed in the university s brotherton library you can attend the event in person or online for more information visit the leeds university school of english website sheila halladay peter robinson s wife remembers peter may 6 2023 kirk peter s wife shelia halladay was interviewed by crimereads where she told a bit about how he worked peter was a very disciplined and committed writer and he always met his deadlines once peter started on a manuscript he was pretty steady while he was flexible and didn t commit to a strict schedule he would generally concentrate on writing for three to four hours in the morning i was very lucky that he did not wake up in the middle of the night to frantically write he would tease that if the writing was going well in the morning he would go back to it in the afternoon and if it was not going well he would go to the pub as peter was heading towards writing the conclusion of the book his pace of writing would pick up because he did not plot out the books in advance he had to keep all of the strands of the main plot secondary stories etc in his head it was a like giant puzzle that he had to put together the actual murderer was not particularly important to peter and he would usually be over half way through the manuscript when he would announce that he knew who did it he always found it amusing when people would tell him the page when they knew who the murderer was and he would tell them that he didn t know until much later read the entire interview on crimereads a celebration of the life of peter robinson april 26 2023 april 26 2023 kirk a celebration of peter robinson s life as well as a canadian book launch for standing in the shadows will be held on may 18 in toronto the final inspector banks novel standing in the shadows april 11 2023 april 26 2023 kirk the final inspector banks novel standing in the shadows will be released on april 11 2023 in the us on may 16 2023 in canada and on june 8 2023 in the uk in november 1980 nick hartley returns home from a university lecture to find his house crawling with police his ex girlfriend alice poole has been found murdered and her new boyfriend mark woodley is missing nick is the prime suspect the case quickly goes cold but nick cannot let it go he embarks on a career in investigative journalism determined to find alice s murderer but his obsession leads him down a dangerous path decades later in november 2019 an archaeologist unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more contemporary than the roman remains she is seeking detective superintendent alan banks and his team are called in to investigate but there is little to be gleaned from the remains themselves left with few clues banks and his team must rely on their wits to hunt down a killer as the two cases unfurl the investigations twist and turn to an explosive conclusion read more about standing in the shadows posts navigation older posts powered by wordpress com subscribe subscribed peter robinson join 39 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy peter robinson subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email name website