About this title: Yorkshire Chief Inspector Alan Banks, aided by psychologist Jenny Fuller, uncovers startling secrets in the town of Eastvale, a village troubled by a Peeping Tom, mischievious teenagers on the verge of violence, and murder. Reissue.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780380714001ISBN:0380714000
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Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and may have creases. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780380714001ISBN:0380714000
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Inspector Banks Mysteries (Paperback), 1. Audience: General/trade. More info upon request. Ships promptly read more
Description: Very Good. 0380714000 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780380714001ISBN:0380714000
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover wear; single light spine crease; binding tight; no marks; no writing in book; binding tight; pages bright, odor-free; ships promptly with Delivery Confirmation. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Inspector Banks Mysteries (Paperback), 1. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Gallows View is an okay introduction to the British mystery series featuring Inspector Alan Banks, who lives and works in Eastvale, Yorkshire. As the novel begins, the local police are trying to find a peeper who is frightening some of the town's women. As if that's not enough, an elderly woman living alone has been killed, and there are a series of unsolved break-ins. Banks, who has moved to Yorkshire to get away from the high-stress levels of police work and of life in general in London, takes the lead on all of these cases -- which may or may not be linked together.
As with most first novels in a mystery series, Banks' character isn't as well developed right away as it will hopefully be in the next ones. I expect this, though; it's very rare that a character comes fully fleshed out in a series opener. However, the crime plotting is solid, and the way Robinson writes his story leaves readers guessing until the end.
I can recommend Gallows View. If you like British mystery, or if you're looking for a solid police procedural (with some personal touches) and you haven't tried this series yet, it would be worth your while to do so. It's not on the cozy end of mystery novels, but it's not really hardcore either. Overall -- a good read, and I'll definitely be coming back to this author."
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