Stephen Tompkinson

A young woman is unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. Hiding in the cellar is her husband, ready to wield a knife at anyone who tries to enter, desperate to protect his secret. What happens next leaves one of the officers dead, the other fighting for her career and Inspector Banks with a chilling murder investigation that will test him to the limit. The beauty and tranquility of England's Yorkshire Dales provides a striking and contrasting backdrop...

DCI Banks hunts for a missing boy who was snatched by bogus social workers in a case that quickly escalates to become even more sinister.

When Banks' old neighbour discovers a gun in her daughter's bedroom, Banks tries to discreetly intervene, but the situation soon escalates.

Banks is tempted by an offer from Pamela Jeffries, as he becomes increasingly obsessed with understanding Keith Rothwell, just as Helen finds herself in danger as she closes in on Rothwell's killer.

DCI Banks and his family struggle to come to terms, whilst Helen must now re-examine her own assumptions as she launches a double murder inquiry.

The detective is drawn into the criminal underworld of Soho when he reluctantly accepts an unofficial request from Chief Superintendent Rydell to find his missing daughter. Meanwhile, an armed robbery in Eastvale turns into a murder investigation after the perpetrator is found dead in his home.

Cabbot is convinced there is a link between the deaths of Lucy Payne and her colleague, but is dismissed as trying to push her career ambitions. However, after receiving new information from another force, she begins to uncover the real connection between the killings.

When a teenage schoolgirl is found strangled, Banks and his team quickly identify their prime suspect. But the closer Banks seemingly moves towards a conviction, the more the course of the investigation distances him from Helen.

DCI Alan Banks and DI Helen Morton must learn to reconcile their conflicting policing styles and personalities whilst trying to unravel the increasingly puzzling murder of a local accountant who has been leading a secret double life.

When Father Peter Clifford arrives from Manchester, he knows he will be facing some opposition. After all, what is a young, inexperienced English priest doing in Ireland, of all places? He soon finds out that the town of Ballykissangel poses many more challenges. Rural village life is very different from the big cities. Here everyone knows everyone else's business and a secret doesn't stay secret for long.