Peter Robinson's Chief Inspector Alan Banks Novels in Chronological Order

   * Gallows View (1987)
   * A Dedicated Man (1988)
   * A Necessary End (1989)
   * The Hanging Valley (1989)
   * Past Reason Hated (1991)
   * Wednesday's Child (1992)
   * Dry Bones That Dream (1994) (US title: Final Account)
   * Innocent Graves (1996)
   * Dead Right (1997) (US title: Blood at the Root)
   * In A Dry Season (1999)
   * Cold is the Grave (2000)
   * Aftermath (2001)
   * The Summer that Never Was (2003) (US title: Close to Home)
   * Playing with Fire (2004)
   * Strange Affair (2005)
   * Piece of My Heart (2006)
   * Friend of the Devil (2007) Shortlisted for Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009.[4]
   * [[All the Colours of Darkness by Peter Robinson|All The Colours Of Darkness] (2008)
   * Bad Boy (2010)