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Inspecteur Banks Séries

Plongez dans les enquêtes captivantes du Commandant Alan Banks, qui évolue dans le paysage saisissant et les complexités sociales du Yorkshire, en Angleterre. Cette série entremêle habilement des mystères prenantes avec une étude approfondie des personnages et une compréhension fine de la nature humaine. Banks est confronté à des affaires difficiles qui testent son intelligence, sa détermination et son engagement indéfectible envers la justice.

Wednesday's child
Noir comme neige
The Hanging Valley
A Necessary End
A Dedicated Man
Le Voyeur Du Yorkshire

Ordre de lecture recommandé

  1. Le Voyeur Du Yorkshire

    • 347pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    Eastvale, paisible petite ville du Yorkshire, au cadre idyllique. C'est là que vient d'être muté l'inspecteur Banks, qui a quitté sans regret Londres et son cortège de violences. Mais, sous ce décor de carte postale, se cache une réalité beaucoup plus sombre, beaucoup plus dangereuse, incarnée par un voyeur qui espionne les femmes la nuit dans leur chambre... Le pervers ne choisit pas ses victimes au hasard : celles-ci semblent toutes avoir un point commun. La tension monte d'un cran dans la cité lorsqu'une vieille dame est retrouvée sauvagement assassinée. Les deux affaires sont-elles liées ? Et que penser de ces deux adolescents, petits délinquants passés du vol aux agressions ? Banks va devoir faire preuve de perspicacité pour débusquer la vérité, au-delà des apparences.

    Le Voyeur Du Yorkshire1
    3,8

  2. A Dedicated Man

    A well-liked, respected historian/archaeologist is bludgeoned to death and left half-buried in a field. Now it falls to Chief Inspector Banks to solve a seemingly motiveless murder--and stop a killer who's bound to kill again.

    A Dedicated Man2
    3,7

  3. A Necessary End

    In the tradition of Ian Rankin and Elizabeth George, this masterful novel of suspense—from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson—spins a story of professional jealousy that could result in more than one murder. A peaceful demonstration in the normally quiet town of Eastvale ends with fifty arrests—and the brutal stabbing death of a young constable. But Chief Inspector Alan Banks fears there is worse violence in the offing. For CID Superintendent Richard Burgess has arrived from London to take charge of the investigation, fueled by professional outrage and volatile, long-simmering hatreds. Almost immediately, Burgess descends with vengeful fury upon the members of a sixties-style commune—while Banks sifts through the rich Yorkshire soil around him, turning over the earthy, unsettling secrets of seemingly placid local lives. Crossing Burgess could cost the Chief Inspector his career. But the killing of a flawed Eastvale policeman is not the only murder that needs to be solved here. And if Banks doesn't unmask the true assassin, his superior's misguided obsession might well result in further bloodshed. Peter Robinson once again explores the human psyche in a novel that demonstrates how our weaknesses can lead to deadly consequences.

    A Necessary End3
    3,9

  4. The Hanging Valley

    • 336pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    No one dreamed something so hideous could grow in so beautiful a place . . . Many who visit the valley are overwhelmed by its majesty. Some wish they never had to leave. One didn't, a hiker whose decomposing corpse is discovered by an unsuspecting tourist. But this strange, incomprehensible murder is only the edge of the darkness that hovers over a small rural village and its tight-lipped residents who guard shattering secrets of sordid pasts and private shames. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks knows that both the grim truth and a cold-blooded killer are hiding here, far from the city, the noise, and safety. And he's determined to walk into the valley of death to expose them both.

    The Hanging Valley4
    3,9

  5. Noir comme neige

    • 477pages
    • 17 heures de lecture

    La petite ville d’Eastvale, dans le Yorkshire, s’apprête à fêter Noël dans une ambiance et un décor de carte postale. D’autant que la neige est au rendez-vous. Hélas, cette atmosphère idyllique est endeuillée par le meurtre sauvage d’une jeune femme, Caroline Hartley, retrouvée nue au pied de son sapin, poignardée. Les soupçons sont nombreux – et se portent d’abord sur la compagne homosexuelle de Caroline – , mais les indices sont rares et ils mènent tous à des impasses car Caroline Hartley avait fait du secret son mode de vie… jusque dans sa mort. C’est le début d’une nouvelle enquête pour l’inspecteur divisionnaire Banks, secondé par le sergent Richmond et la détective Susan Gray, nouvellement promue, et, comme souvent chez Peter Robinson, sous le vernis des apparences, tout le monde a quelque chose à cacher…

    Noir comme neige5
    3,9

  6. Wednesday's child

    An Inspector Banks mystery

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    Two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, take seven year-old Gemma Scupham away for tests. When they fail to return her, Gemma's mother calls in the police. Inspector Banks and Superintendent Gristhorpe suspect the case, and others, may be linked to satanic ritual abuse

    Wednesday's child6
    4,0

  7. Inspector Banks Mystery: Final Account

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    The crime scene was almost surreal: a stone barn converted to a garage where a corpse knelt in submission, surrounded by antique farm implements and a shining BMW. The victim and his wife had just returned from celebrating their anniversary; now, suddenly, death had parted them. She was bound and gagged inside the house with their teenage daughter. He had been led outside and killed.

    Inspector Banks Mystery: Final Account7
    4,1

  8. Innocent Graves

    • 304pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    'If you haven't caught up with Peter Robinson already, now is the time to start.' - "Independent Sunday". One foggy night, Deborah Harrison is found lying in the churchyard behind St Mary's, Eastvale. She has been strangled with the strap of her own school satchel. But Deborah was no typical sixteen-year-old. Her father was a powerful financier who moved in the highest echelons of industry, defence and classified information. And Deborah, it seemed, enjoyed keeping secrets of her own...With his colleague Detective Constable Susan Gray, Inspector Alan Banks moves among the many suspects, guilty of crimes large and small. And as he does so, plenty of sordid secrets and some deadly lies begin to emerge...'The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling evocative, deeply nuanced works of art'. - Dennis Lehane.

    Innocent Graves8
    3,9

  9. Blood at the Root

    • 296pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson brings us a tantalizing tale of suspense in this classic Inspector Banks thriller.In the long shadows of an alley a young man is murdered by an unknown assailant. The shattering echoes of his death will be felt throughout a small provincial community on the edge—because the victim was far from innocent, a youth whose sordid secret life was a tangle of bewildering contradictions. Now a dedicated policeman beset by his own tormenting demons must follow the leads into the darkest corners of the human mind in order to catch a killer.Delving into the complicated human psyche, Blood at the Root showcases Peter Robinson’s singular talent in an exceptional novel of suspense that will linger in readers’ minds long past the final page.

    Blood at the Root9
    3,9

  10. Le Livre de Poche: Saison sèche

    • 544pages
    • 20 heures de lecture

    Un été torride frappe le Yorkshire. Asséché, le lac artificiel révèle les ruines du village englouti de Hobb's End. C'est là que le jeune Adam, un gamin du voisinage, fasciné par ce fantastique domaine d'aventure, fait une découverte macabre : les os d'une main humaine, recouverts d'une croûte terreuse, humide et noire… Comment mettre un nom sur ces restes ? Qui a été inhumé ainsi, à la hâte, dans la remise d'une maison ? Comment reconstituer le drame ignoré de tous qui s'est déroulé à Hobb's End alors que la guerre brassait les populations, amenant au village des réfugiés de Londres bombardé et des soldats américains ? Un défi pour Alan Banks, le policier mis sur la touche pour insubordination, et chargé de cette affaire à l'évidence inextricable. Peu à peu, cependant, les archives locales vont livrer leurs secrets, les mémoires des survivants se délier, et le destin tragique de Gloria émerger de l'oubli dans le décor hallucinant du village fantôme.

    Le Livre de Poche: Saison sèche10
    4,1

  11. Froid comme la tombe

    Une fugueuse de seize ans identifiée sur un site porno, lié à une gros bonnet de la drogue, qui n'est autre que la fille d'un des pontes de la police britannique. Un détonnant cocktail à base de sexe, corruption, trafic de stupéfiants et crimes, qui fait les délices de la presse à scandales. Un homme, l'inspecteur Banks, face à une affaire scabreuse dont l'élucidation risque d'anéantir une famille que tout le monde croyait honorable. Le meilleur suspense de Peter Robinson, Grand Prix de Littérature policière 2001 pour Saison sèche.

    Froid comme la tombe11
    4,0

  12. Le Livre de Poche: Beau monstre

    • 538pages
    • 19 heures de lecture

    Une maison ordinaire. Ce qui attend l'inspecteur Alan Banks dépasse en horreur tout ce qu'il a déjà connu. Mais l'assassin présumé, un professeur qui fascine ses élèves, est hors d'état de nuire. Le cauchemar a pris fin. Pourtant, le mystère s'épaissit: les victimes se succèdent et l'enquête de Banks s'enlise... Il y a encore des monstres lâchés dans la nature. Ce nouveau suspense de l'auteur de Saison sèche (Grand Prix de littérature policière) possède un charme vénéneux, auquel les lecteurs succomberont.

    Le Livre de Poche: Beau monstre12
    4,1

  13. L'été qui ne s'achève jamais

    • 540pages
    • 19 heures de lecture

    Un adolescent disparaît dans d'étranges circonstances et Alan Banks, son meilleur ami, se reproche longtemps de ne pas avoir su prévenir sa mort. Trente ans plus tard, devenu inspecteur principal dans la police du Yorkshire, Banks croit avoir tiré un trait sur le passé. Jusqu'à une macabre découverte qui vient rouvrir la plaie, le plongeant dans une enquête particulièrement sensible, face à ses propres démons. A des années et des kilomètres de distance, ces deux meurtres pourraient bien être liés et leur élucidation se révèle aussi redoutable pour les vivants que pour la mémoire des morts...

    L'été qui ne s'achève jamais13
    4,0

  14. Ne Jouez Pas Avec Le Feu

    Dans le petit matin glacé de janvier, deux péniches en feu sur un canal du Yorkshire. Au milieu des décombres, deux cadavres calcinés. Pour l'inspecteur Banks, le meurtre ne fait aucun doute. Mais qui était visé ? Tina, la jeune droguée de seize ans, ou Tom, le mystérieux artiste solitaire ? Lorsque l'incendiaire frappe à nouveau, les talents d'enquêteur de Banks sont mis à rude épreuve...

    Ne Jouez Pas Avec Le Feu14
    3,8

  15. Étrange Affaire

    • 400pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Sur le répondeur de l'inspecteur Banks, un message de son frère . "Rappelle-moi vite... C'est une question de vie ou de mort...", mais Roy est injoignable et Banks décide de partir pour Londres à la recherche de ce frère businessman qu'il n'a jamais vraiment connu. Parallèlement, dans le Yorkshire, sa collègue Annie Cabbot, chargée, d'élucider le meurtre d'une jeune femme assassinée sur une petite route de campagne, découvre dans la poche du cadavre un papier froissé portant le nom et l'adresse de Banks. Il est clair pour Annie et pour Banks, qui n'a trouvé à Londres qu'un appartement vide, que les deux affaires sont liées. Mais parvenir à l'établir risque de les confronter à des conséquences terrifiantes... Un suspense nerveux, sec, et pourtant chargé d'une atmosphère intime et prenante. Avec son personnage de flic complexe, amateur de jazz et de bon whisky, Robinson s'impose comme un des auteurs majeurs du polar contemporain.

    Étrange Affaire15
    4,0

  16. DCI Banks - 16: Piece of My Heart

    In 1969, as rock 'n' roll and counterculture flourish in Britain, a woman's body is discovered murdered in her sleeping bag after a music festival. Detective Inspector Stanley Chadwick, a no-nonsense officer, is tasked with investigating the case, which leads him into the chaotic world of the Mad Hatters, an emerging rock band connected to the victim. As he navigates this realm of sex, drugs, and music, Chadwick confronts the stark realities hidden beneath the surface of the era's free-spirited facade. Fast forward to the present day, and Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates the murder of a freelance journalist who was researching the Mad Hatters for MOJO magazine. The band, having faced numerous tragedies, is on the brink of a major comeback, celebrating forty years in the industry. As Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot delve into the journalist's findings, they uncover dark secrets from the band's past that could have deadly consequences. Through dual narratives, the author masterfully intertwines the two murders separated by decades, revealing the violent truths behind the idealism of the sixties. This gripping tale offers a thrilling exploration of the darker side of a generation often associated with peace and love, making for an exhilarating read.

    DCI Banks - 16: Piece of My Heart16
    4,0

  17. L'Amie du diable

    Roman (French Edition)

    • 416pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Deux femmes assassinées le même jour. Deux meurtres sordides et sans lien apparent. Deux enquêtes parallèles qui piétinent. Quel rapport entre une paraplégique égorgée au scalpel et une étudiante violée et étranglée à la sortie d'un pub ? Nouveau défi pour l'inspecteur Banks et sa collègue Annie Cabbot, entraînés dans les méandres d'une vieille affaire resurgie d'un passé lointain, sur les traces d'un témoin capital : "l'amie du diable"... Maître dans l'art du double jeu, virtuose des intrigues sombres, Peter Robinson crée une atmosphère oppressante, peuplée d'ombres et de souvenirs sanglants, trompant les apparences avec un talent déroutant dans ce suspense digne des meilleurs du genre.

    L'Amie du diable17
    4,0

  18. Chief Inspector Banks - 18: All The Colours Of Darkness

    • 507pages
    • 18 heures de lecture

    A beautiful June day in the Yorkshire Dales, and a group of children are spending the last of their half-term freedom swimming in the river near Hipswell Woods. But the idyll is shattered by their discovery of a man's body, hanging from a tree.

    Chief Inspector Banks - 18: All The Colours Of Darkness18
    3,7

  19. Bad Boy

    • 405pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    When Juliet Doyle finds a gun in her daughter's bedroom, she turns to old friend DCI Alan Banks for advice. But Banks is on a much-needed holiday, and it's left to DI Annie Cabbot to deal with the removal of the firearm. No one can foresee the operation's disastrous consequences, or that the Doyles will not be the only family affected. Banks's daughter Tracy has fallen for the wrong boy. Her flatmate's boyfriend is attractive, ambitious, and surrounded by an intoxicating air of mystery. He's also very dangerous. When Tracy warns him the police might be on his tail, he persuades her to go on the run with him, and flattered by his attention, she agrees. Before she knows it, a deadly chase across the country is set in motion. And on his return, unsuspecting of Tracy's precarious situation, Banks is plunged into his most terrifying, personal case yet.

    Bad Boy19
    3,9

  20. Watching The Dark

    Detective Inspector Bill Reid is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all sides.

    Watching The Dark20
    3,8

  21. Children of the Revolution

    • 387pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence except for one distinguishing package: £5,000 of cash, tucked inside the man's pocket. But when DCI Banks delves into Miller's past, he uncovers a troubled existence tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throws up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty years ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past? One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - even murder - to prevent Banks from discovering the truth . . .

    Children of the Revolution21
    3,8

  22. Abattoir Blues

    Two missing boys. A stolen bolt gun. One fatal shot. Three ingredients for murder. When DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village, they're far from enthusiastic about what seems to be a simple case of rural crime. But when a blood stain is found in an abandoned hangar, and two main suspects vanish without a trace, events take a darkly sinister turn. As each lead does little to unravel the mystery, Banks feels as if the case is coming to a dead end. Until a road accident reveals some alarming evidence, thought to be disposed, which throws the investigation to a frightening new level. Someone is trying to cover their tracks - someone with very deadly intent ...

    Abattoir Blues22
    3,9

  23. When the Music's Over

    When the body of a young girl is found in a remote countryside lane, evidence suggests she was drugged, abused and thrown from a moving van - before being beaten to death. While DI Annie Cabbot investigates the circumstances in which a 14-year-old could possibly fall victim to such a crime, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks must do the same - but the crime Banks is investigating is the coldest of cases. Fifty years ago Linda Palmer was attacked by celebrity entertainer Danny Caxton, yet no investigation ever took place. Now Caxton stands accused at the centre of a historical abuse investigation and it's Banks's first task as superintendent to find out the truth. As more women step forward with accounts of Caxton's manipulation, Banks must piece together decades-old evidence

    When the Music's Over23
    4,0

  24. Inspector Banks Novel: Sleeping in the Ground

    An Inspector Banks Novel

    • 410pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    DSI Alan Banks is determined to track down a gunman after a mass shooting in this thrilling, latest instalment of Peter Robinson's internationally bestselling series. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is called in to lead the investigation after a shocking mass murder occurs during a wedding outside a small church in the Yorkshire Dales. An exhaustive manhunt ensues and the shooter is run to ground as the investigation follows its inevitable course. But Banks, his colleague DI Annie Cabbot, and the newest and youngest team member, DI Gerry Masterson, are plagued by doubts as to exactly what happened in the churchyard that day, and why. Have they apprehended the right suspect? Is there more to uncover? Struggling with the death of an old flame and the return of profiler Jenny Fuller, a former love interest, Banks is compelled to dig deeper into the suspect's past and motivations, and as he does, he uncovers forensic and psychological puzzles that lead him to long forgotten secrets. It's possible that eventually they'll provide the answers he is looking for, but will he piece together the clues in time? Chilling, suspenseful, and deftly plotted, Sleeping in the Ground , will keep long-time fans and new readers guessing to the very end, and it proves without a doubt that Peter Robinson is a crime writer at the top of his game.

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    4,0

  25. Careless Love

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. She didn't own a car. Didn't even drive. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why? Meanwhile a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the wild moorland. He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. Post-mortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity? As the inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate, Annie's father's new partner, Zelda, comes up with a shocking piece of information that alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants - and suddenly the stakes are raised and the hunt is on.

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    3,7

  26. Many Rivers to Cross

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    A young Middle Eastern boy is dead - his body stuffed in a wheelie bin on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Banks and his team are called to investigate this case whose profile increases even further when they realise he was stabbed elsewhere and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Then a heroin addict is found dead of an overdose in an area of town scheduled for redevelopment as a shopping centre, and, while trying not to be distracted by his concern for his friend Zelda's increasingly dangerous situation, Banks discovers a connection with a shady property developer. Finding a solution to the case may come at a terrible cost...

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  • The price of love

    When DCI Alan Banks arrived in Eastvale his life was every bit as much of a mess as it is now. But he is holding an envelope that could change everything he understood about the events that sent him north twenty years ago. Walking again the narrow alleys and back streets of his mind, he remembers the seedy Soho nights of his last case - dubious businessmen in dodgy clubs, young girls on the game. And a killer on the loose. In addition to the brand new novella that fills in the gaps in Banks's life before Yorkshire, Peter Robinson gives us ten more brilliant and eclectic stories that have never before been published in the UK. The Eastvale Ladies' Poker Circle finds that murder may be just another game of risk. Is a suitcase of cash worth a man's head on a plate? And tragedy leads a young boy to learn the price of love . . .

    The price of love
    3,8