When the brutally beaten body of a young man is found in an alley, Eastvale's Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his colleague, Detective Constable Susan Gay, have no choice but to lock up the three Pakistani youths who seemingly started it all after an argument in a pub. But they're out in no time, and Banks is in big trouble with the chief for risking a racial incident with the arrest. Ordered to run the investigation from his desk and leave...

The brutal, execution-style murder of a nondescript accountant opens up a deadly Pandora's Box of lies, double lives, blood, and deception for Chief Inspector Alan Banks.

The worst that can possibly happen...has.A beautiful child is dead-defiled and murdered in a lonely graveyard on a fog-shrouded evening. It is the sort of horrific crime Chief Inspector Alan Banks fled the city to escape. But the slaying of a bright and lovely teenager from a wealthy, respected family is not the end of a nightmare. Lies, dark secrets, unholy accusations, and hints of sexual depravity swirl around this abomination like leaves in an...

Internationally best-selling author Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks novels have been thrilling audiences for over 25 years. Watching the Dark finds DCI Banks investigating the murder of Detective Inspector Bill Reid, who was found with a crossbow bolt in his body and compromising photos of him on the scene. Banks' efforts are quickly hindered by departmental interference, but his dogged determination sets him on a path toward discovering the truth....

The new series of Spellmount Military Memoirs provides rare and sought-after texts for the collector of classic historical works, together with rigorously selected personal narratives never before in print-destined to become classics in their own right. Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies was awarded the Victoria Cross when serving with the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the Second Boer War. He went on to serve as Divisional Corps liaison officer...

Five novellas about deadly books-and even more dangerous people-from five acclaimed mystery authors. Book Club : Ex-cop Avery Sharecross now spends his days tracking rare books in Good Advice, New Mexico. But his old career collides with his new one when the local sheriff asks him for help on a case of a dead book collector. Seven Years : New York Times -bestselling author Peter Robinson tells of a retired professor who discovers a threatening inscription...

A New York psychiatrist becomes involved in the investigation of a series of ritualistic child murders by a strange religious cult.