title: The Hanging Valley
author:  Peter Robinson 
description: A faceless corpse is discovered in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks' frustration only grows when the identity of the body is revealed. For it seems that his latest case may be connected with an unsolved murder in the same area five years ago. Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in Swainsdale. When they start use their influence to slow down the investigation, Inspector Alan Banks finds himself in a race against time..."The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling, evocative, deeply nuanced works of art" - Dennis Lehane.
zlib_text: Also by Peter Robinson
  
  Caedmon’s Song
  
  No Cure for Love
  
  Before the Poison
  
  INSPECTOR BANKS NOVELS
  
  Gallows View
  
  A Dedicated Man
  
  A Necessary End
  
  The Hanging Valley
  
  Past Reason Hated
  
  Wednesday’s Child
  
  Dry Bones that Dream
  
  Innocent Graves
  
  Dead Right
  
  In a Dry Season
  
  Cold is the Grave
  
  Aftermath
  
  The Summer that Never Was
  
  Playing with Fire
  
  Strange Affair
  
  Piece of my Heart
  
  Friend of the Devil
  
  All the Colours of Darkness
  
  Bad Boy
  
  Watching the Dark
  
  Children of the Revolution
  
  Abattoir Blues
  
  When the Music’s Over
  
  Sleeping in the Ground
  
  Careless Love
  
  SHORT STORIES
  
  Not Safe After Dark
  
  The Price of Love
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Many Rivers to Cross
  
  Peter Robinson
  
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  First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton
  
  An Hachette UK company
  
  Copyright © Peter Robinson 2019
  
  The right of Peter Robinson to be identified as the Author of the
  
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