28 books in series

Inspector Banks

Inspector Banks is a 28-book series with 27 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by Peter Robinson and Valérie Malfoy.

Gallows View
#1PopularFirst

1987 • 25 Readers • 340 pages • 3.4

A Dedicated Man
#2

1988 • 7 Readers • 288 pages • 3

A Necessary End
#3

1989 • 6 Readers • 372 pages

Cover 4

The Hanging Valley

#4

1989 • 6 Readers • 324 pages

Past Reason Hated
#5

1991 • 7 Readers • 398 pages • 5

Wednesday's Child
#6

1992 • 4 Readers • 356 pages

Cover 2

Dry Bones that Dream

#7

1994 • 2 Readers • 351 pages

Dead Right
#9

1997 • 1 Reader • 372 pages

In A Dry Season
#10

1999 • 11 Readers • 456 pages • 4

Cold Is the Grave
#11

2000 • 1 Reader

Beau monstre
#12

2001 • 12 Readers • 416 pages • 4.7

Close to home
#13

2002 • 1 Reader • 400 pages

Cover 6

Playing with Fire

#14

2003 • 5 Readers • 368 pages • 4

Strange Affair
#15

2004 • 3 Readers • 407 pages • 4

Piece of My Heart
#16

2006 • 5 Readers • 533 pages • 3

Cover 0

Friend of the Devil

#17

2007 • 3 Readers • 515 pages • 3

All the Colours of Darkness (Inspector Banks, #18)
#18

2008 • 6 Readers • 3.3

Bad Boy
#19

2010 • 4 Readers • 430 pages • 2

Watching the Dark
#20

2012 • 7 Readers • 406 pages • 3.3

Children of the Revolution
#21

2013 • 4 Readers • 400 pages • 3

Cover 0

Abattoir Blues

#22

2014 • 3 Readers • 384 pages

When the Music's Over
#23

2016 • 8 Readers • 496 pages • 3.7

Sleeping in the Ground
#24

2017 • 6 Readers • 416 pages • 3.7

Careless Love
#25

2018 • 3 Readers • 340 pages • 3

Many Rivers to Cross
#26

2019 • 4 Readers • 416 pages • 3

Not Dark Yet
#27

2021 • 5 Readers

Standing in the Shadows
#28

2023 • 6 Readers • 384 pages • 5

Cover 4

Going Back

2009 • 1 Reader