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Cover of Gallows View: An Inspector Alan Banks Mystery

Gallows View: An Inspector Alan Banks Mystery

โœ Scribed by Robinson, Peter


Book ID
108258884
Publisher
PENGUIN GROUP (CANADA)
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
211 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780143171621

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โœฆ Synopsis


In this first Inspector Banks novel, a peeping tom is frightening the women of Eastvale; two young thugs are breaking into homes; and an old woman may or may not have been murdered. Inspector Banks investigates these cases, which weave together as the story reaches a tense climax.

The first Inspector Banks novel. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis. But he soon finds that life in the country is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined... A peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale. Two glue-sniffing thugs are breaking into homes. An old woman may or may not have been murdered. In addition, Banks has to deal with his attraction to a young psychologist Jenny Fuller. As the tension mounts, both Jenny and Banks wife are drawn deeper into events. And Banks realizes that his cases are weaving closer and closer together...


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