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Als ein friedlicher Protest gegen Atomkraft plötzlich eskaliert, liegt am Ende die Leiche eines Polizisten auf den Pflastersteinen von Eastvale – eiskalt erstochen. Hat Dennis Osmond – Veranstalter der Demo und ausgerechnet liiert mit Polizeipsychologin Jenny Fuller – etwas mit den Ausschreitungen zu tun? Ist die Kommune sozialer Aussteiger, die sich auf einem einsamen Hof in den Dales niedergelassen haben, nicht so pazifistisch, wie sie vorgibt zu sein?

En el verano de 1965, el adolescente Alan Banks se enfrentó a la desaparición y el posible asesinato de su mejor amigo, Graham Marshall, quien se esfumó un domingo mientras hacía el recorrido habitual del reparto de periódicos. Treinta y cinco años más tarde, el inspector jefe Banks se encuentra en Grecia intentando recomponer su vida cuando, en su ciudad natal, son hallados los restos óseos de un joven al que pronto identifican como Graham Marshall.

Cuando los agentes de policía Janet Taylor y Dennis Morrisey son enviados a la casa para atender un caso de violencia doméstica, tropiezan con una espantosa escena: la muerte de uno y la lucha por sobrevivir y carrera del otro. El inspector Alan Banks se encuentra al frente de la operación de búsqueda de El Camaleón, un asesino en serie que ha secuestrado a cinco mujeres en la zona de Yorkshire. Pero la captura del asesino en serie es sólo el principio de una impresionante investigación que llevará a explorar los límites de todos y cada uno de los implicados en el caso.

El cadáver de Harry, un hombre muy querido por los vecinos de Helmthorpe, ha aparecido a medio enterrar en las afueras del pueblo. ¿Quién diablos pudo asesinar a alguien tan amable y trabajador? Está visto que los parajes más apacibles no se escapan a la brutalidad, que en cualquier pueblito anodino se esconden secretos al menos escandalosos. Y Banks, que se marchó de Londres para llevar la vida tranquila y contemplativa de un policía rural, tendrá que escarbar a conciencia en el paisaje si no quiere que otro muerto lo arruine.

Ethan Chase’s old friend and mentor Mohammed provides Ethan with a clue that sends him on the trail of a priceless treasure that dried the River Jordan and laid low the walls of Jericho: the Ark of the Covenant, along with the lost wealth of King Solomon. Frankie and Mei once again join Ethan on a globe-trotting adventure that takes them from the deserts of the Middle East, to the streets of Rome, and to dangerous, uninhabited islands. Yet whispers of a race for a legendary relic travel far and reach dark corners of the world.

Die schwelenden Geheimnisse der Vergangenheit holten ihn ein … Archäologe Harold Steadman ist allseits beliebt, unauffällig und vollkommen seiner Forschung verschrieben – umso rätselhafter ist es, als seine Leiche gefunden wird, halb vergraben in den Hochmooren des Swainsdale.

Ethan Chase’s past has finally caught up with him, and the entire world’s future now stands on a knife’s edge. Ex-Army Ranger Ethan Chase breaks his oath of allegiance to the military when he deserts from the Army while deployed to Afghanistan. Years later, he’s captured and sent to military prison, but the director of a shadowy government agency takes him into his direct custody.

Alguien espía desde los tejados y a través de las ventanas, alguien se inmiscuye en la vida íntima de unas mujeres que ni lo sospechan. Lo que excita a este voyeur no es sólo entrever la carne desnuda, sino también encontrarse con la mirada de horror de sus víctimas cuando descubren su presencia entre las sombras. Una mujer mayor aparece brutalmente asesinada en su casa. El inspector Banks se pregunta si se trata de un incidente aislado, o si acaso está relacionado con los otros crímenes que han venido sucediendo en el pueblito de Gallows View.

Sein Blick dringt unter die Haut … Er wollte mit seiner Familie den Abgründen Londons entkommen, doch Inspector Alan Banks muss feststellen, dass auch in den idyllischen Yorkshire Dales das Verbrechen lauert. Eine Einbruchsserie sorgt für Unruhen – und ein Spanner versetzt die Frauen der beschaulichen Kleinstadt Eastvale in Angst und Schrecken. Als dann auch noch eine Leiche gefunden wird, stellt sich die Frage, welcher der Täter nun zum Mörder geworden ist – und ob es bei einer Toten bleiben wird.

On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent, moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is viciously attacked. When she awakes in hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then, slowly and painfully, details reveal themselves - dreams of two figures, one white and one black, hovering over her; wisps of a strange and haunting song; the unfamiliar texture of a rough and deadly hand....

The third volume in this unabridged chilling collection of short tales from the author of the bestselling Inspector Banks series. Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that will explore our hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, lure us to new, exotic places - only to make us wish we could run back home, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn.

On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is viciously attacked. When she awakes in hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then, slowly and painfully, details reveal themselves: dreams of two figures, one white and one black, hovering over her...wisps of a strange and haunting song...the unfamiliar texture of a rough and deadly hand.

Detective Inspector Alan Banks relationship with Chief Constable Riddle has always been strained. So Banks is more than a little surprised when Riddle summons him late one night and begs for his help. For Riddle, Banks' new case is terrifyingly close to home. Six months ago, his 16-year-old daughter ran away to London, where she has fallen into a turbulent world of drugs and pornography. With his reputation threatened, Riddle wants Banks to use his unorthodox methods to find her without fuss.

The second volume in this unabridged chilling collection of short tales from the author of the best-selling Inspector Banks series. Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that will explore our hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, lure us to new, exotic places - only to make us wish we could run back home, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn.

When he receives a mysterious and disturbing telephone call from his brother, Roy, Inspector Alan Banks heads off to London to search him out. Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a murder scene on a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale. A young woman has been found dead in her car, with Banks' name and address written on a slip of paper in the back pocket of her jeans.

What do you do when it's raining cats and dogs...and pigs and whales? Take refuge in 15 stories of wild and wicked weather. They will freeze you to the core, they will soak you to the bone. You will find no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, no sunshine after the rain. Just thunder and lightning that's very, very frightening. There's a storm coming....

Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures - as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning's poetry, he's less irritated than disturbed. This wasn't a gift to an unwitting woman. It was a threat - insidious, suggestively sick, and terribly intriguing.

During a blistering summer, drought has depleted the precious resources of Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End: hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground...until he unearths a human skeleton.

Late November, 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a nearby park, and her new boyfriend is missing, he realises two things in quick succession: he is undoubtedly a suspect as he has no convincing alibi, and he has own suspicions as to what might have happened. Late November 2019. An dig near Scotch Corner unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more recent than the Roman remains the archaeologist is looking for.

The first volume in this unabridged chilling collection of short tales from the author of the best-selling Inspector Banks series. Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that will explore our hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, and lure us to new, exotic places - only to make us wish we could run back home, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn.