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Chief Inspector Banks Book 1: Gallows View

AuthorPeter Robinson

NarratorMark Honan

SeriesInspector Banks, Book 1

Duration8h 45m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries

PublisherTantor Media

VersionUnabridged

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Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. But depravity and violence are unfortunately not unique to large cities. His new venue, the quaint little village of Eastvale, seems to have more than its fair share of malefactors---among them a brazen Peeping Tom who hides in night's shadows spying on attractive, unsuspecting ladies as they prepare for bed. When an elderly woman is found brutally slain in her home, Chief Inspector Banks wonders if the voyeur has increased the awful intensity of his criminal activities. But whether related or not, perverse local acts and murderous ones are combining to profoundly touch Banks's suddenly vulnerable personal life, forcing a dedicated law officer to make hard choices he'd dearly hoped would never be necessary.

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