The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 28 books · 1987 to 2023 · Set in the fictional Eastvale, Yorkshire

Peter Robinson

Crime and mysteryPolice procedural

Alan Banks moves from London to Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales for a quieter life and finds anything but. Detective Annie Cabbot becomes his partner, on and off the job, from In a Dry Season on.

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Inspector Banks

28 books · Set in the fictional Eastvale, YorkshirePolice procedural
  1. 1Gallows View1987With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  2. 2A Dedicated Man1988With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  3. 3A Necessary End1989With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Hanging Valley1989With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Past Reason Hated1991With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Wednesday’s Child1992With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Dry Bones That Dream1994With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Innocent Graves1996With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Dead Right1997With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  10. 10In a Dry Season1999With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Cold Is the Grave2000With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Aftermath2001With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  13. 13The Summer That Never Was2003With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Playing with Fire2004With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  15. 15Strange Affair2005With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  16. 16Piece of My Heart2006With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Friend of the Devil2007With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  18. 18All the Colours of Darkness2008With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  19. 19Bad Boy2010With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  20. 20Watching the Dark2012With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  21. 21Children of the Revolution2013With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  22. 22Abattoir Blues2014With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  23. 23When the Music’s Over2016With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  24. 24Sleeping in the Ground2017With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  25. 25Careless Love2018With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  26. 26Many Rivers to Cross2019With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  27. 27Not Dark Yet2021With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon
  28. 28Standing in the Shadows2023With Alan BanksBuy on Amazon

Characters

9 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Eastvale CID