Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road. A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales. Since 2010 several of the novels have been adapted for television under the series title DCI Banks with Stephen Tompkinson in the title role. Gallows View (1987), A Dedicated Man (1988), A Necessary End (1989), The Hanging Valley (1989), Past Reason Hated (1991), Wednesday's Child (1992), Dry Bones That Dream (1994), (published in the United States as Final Account) Innocent Graves (1996), Dead Right (1997), (published in the United States as Blood at the Root) In a Dry Season (1999), Cold Is the Grave (2000), Aftermath (2001), The Summer that Never Was (2003), (published in the United States as Close to Home) Playing with Fire (2004), Strange Affair (2005), Piece of My Heart (2006), Friend of the Devil (2007), All the Colours of Darkness (2008), Bad Boy (2010), Watching the Dark (2012), Children of the Revolution (2013), Abattoir Blues (2014), (published in the United States as In the Dark Places) When the Music's Over (2016), Sleeping in the Ground (2017), Careless Love (2018), Many Rivers to Cross (2019), Not Dark Yet (2021), Standing in the Shadows (2023), Other works Although Caedmon's Song is a standalone novella, it is related to Friend of the Devil, which is also related to Aftermath. Caedmon's Song (1990), The First Cut – American edition of Caedmon's Song (1993), No Cure for Love (1995), Not Safe After Dark (Crippen & Landru, 1998 & Macmillan Publishers, 2004), (Short stories; includes three Inspector Banks stories) The Price of Love (2009), (Short stories; includes an Inspector Banks novella and three Banks stories) Before The Poison (2011), References External links Peter Robinson's official website Interview with Peter Robinson at www.TheCrimeHouse.com 2009 1950 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian short story writers Alumni of the University of Leeds Anthony Award winners Barry Award winners British expatriates in Canada Canadian male novelists Canadian male short story writers Canadian mystery writers Edgar Award winners English crime fiction writers English male novelists English male short story writers English short story writers Macavity Award winners Members of the Detection Club People from Armley University of Windsor alumni Writers from Leeds Writers from Toronto