- Paperback: 1000 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan (2 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405047526
- ISBN-13: 978-1405047524
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 538,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In one volume, the foundations of the internationally bestselling series - discover how it all began . . .
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‘If you haven’t caught up with Peter Robinson already, now is the time to start’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. Unfortunately, depravity and violence are not unique to large cities. His new home, the quaint little village of Eastdale, seems to have more than its fair share of malefactors. In this collection of Inspector Banks's first three cases in Yorkshire, CWA Dagger in the Library and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson introduces a detective as brilliant as he is complex. These intricately plotted, gritty novels of suspense lay the foundation for a remarkably acclaimed detective series. 'The Banks novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong.' STEPHEN KING
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Cannot Get Enough Of Banksy.,
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This review is from: Meet Inspector Banks: Gallows View/ A Dedicated Man/ A Necessary End (Paperback)
I just happend by chance to be lounging my way through a bookstore and noticed that on the cheapy pile was an audiobook by Peter Robinson, having not heard of him, and the tapes being a bargain ( I find that with new Authors I like to give them a try on this format first, it's so easy to just listen, then if I like them I buy in book format.
Well I found Banks to be a real person, with real ordinary problems, and find following his career fasinating, all the main charecters seem like old friends to me, and his ( to me ) nice habit of leaving the story for a while and describing everyday things, just tiny details about the smell, colour, and his thoughts on the mundane, this gives me a feeling of knowing him and almost like looking over his shoulder. I'm waffling-I have yet to find a bad storyline and cannot wait for his next offering,PLEASE Peter never kill him off, it would be like losing one of the family.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant police procedural,
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This review is from: Meet Inspector Banks: Gallows View/ A Dedicated Man/ A Necessary End (Paperback)
As a big fan of the police procedural, I was delighted to discover a new series having happened upon "wednesday's child" and I devoured this omnibus containing the first three stories in one weekend.
The stories are an easy read and although the plots often twist and turn they are not hard to follow - and do contain surprises - which for a hardened mystery reader is always a good thing. Reading a few in one go, I found myself a bit irritated by some of the details, perhaps because even in 10 years the stories are no longer contemporary, or perhaps because of a bit of laziness in some of the detail. The psychologist (luckily extremely pretty!) with her very trite insights which all these hardened coppers seem interested in...(perhaps there are just too many books with profilers in now!); the author trying to present Banks as a cultured character with eclectic tastes - yet they all drink the same wine and hmm - did Madame Bovary plot to kill her husband as one character explains to Banks - not sure...;) The characters are still wooden to me - I couldn't really buy in. If you really like police procedurals then I recommend Henning Mankell rather than these. If you just like a rollicking good read which keeps you entertained and turning the pages, then I wouldn't sniff at these at all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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The Beginning of Inspector Banks,
By Jade Bunny "Jade" - Published on Amazon.com
I read the other books in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series and was glad to be able to read the first 3 books - Gallow's View, A Dedicated Man and A Necessary End. These books give the background of Inspector Banks' relationships with his wife Sandra and Sergeant Hatchley. Peter Robinson's writing is detailed without being boring and seamless going from one scene to the next. Inspector Banks solves his cases by looking at all the evidence, not just the convenient pieces of evidence.
One inconsistency I did note was that Banks' father had to retire because of angina early in the series but later on in the series he was made redundant due to Thatcher policies. On the whole, this book was well worth reading. |
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