Alan Banks Series

Alan Banks Series

Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is the fictional protagonist in a series of crime novels by Peter Robinson. The first novel in the Banks series, Gallows View, was published in 1987. After once living in London and working as part of the Metropolitan Police Unsolved Crime Squad, Detective Inspector Alan Banks mves to the fictional English town of Eastvale which is located in Yorkshire north of Ripon near the A1. He has two children, Tracy and Brian, and a wife, Sandra (later divorced). Moving to Eastvale, Banks works as the DCI for Eastvale Police, with his own small office, containing a metal desk and two chairs, with the window looking out onto the town's busy Market Square. Coming from working-class stock, DCI Banks mistrusts money and wealth, a driving force behind his decision to leave London. DCI Banks also has an unique but good taste in music, and often, his charming demeanor helps him to relate to his suspects, as well as victims of crime. He can come down hard, though, when he needs to get answers quickly. But his main strength - he uses creativity in his interrogations and investigations.Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is the fictional protagonist in a series of crime novels by Peter Robinson. The first novel in the Banks series, Gallows View, was published in 1987. After once living in London and working as part of the Metropolitan Police Unsolved Crime Squad, Detective Inspector Alan Banks mves to the fictional English town of Eastvale which is located in Yorkshire north of Ripon near the A1. He has two children, Tracy and Brian, and a wife, Sandra (later divorced). Moving to Eastvale, Banks works as the DCI for Eastvale Police, with his own small office, containing a metal desk and two chairs, with the window looking out onto the town's busy Market Square. Coming from working-class stock, DCI Banks mistrusts money and wealth, a driving force behind his decision to leave London. DCI Banks also has an unique but good taste in music, and often, his charming demeanor helps him to relate to his suspects, as well as victims of crime. He can come down hard, though, when he needs to get answers quickly. But his main strength - he uses creativity in his interrogations and investigations.

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