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1) DCI Banks
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Stephen Tompkinson returns as the tenacious and stubborn Detective Alan Banks in three more chilling crime stories. As this series opens, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks must learn to work with dramatic changes to his team. Detective Annie Cabbot is off on maternity leave soon to be replaced by the impossible-to-read Helen Morton.
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DCI Banks volume 5
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Banks and the team begin the painful job of finding out exactly who was responsible for the tragedy that has changed all their lives forever, while dealing with the grief it has caused.
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DCI Banks volume 6
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Having been thrust into a dark place from where it looks like there is no coming back, Banks' mission to solve Annie's murder is made all the harder by the fact he has been taken off the case and sent on gardening leave - but that won't stop him. While his old team struggle, Banks operates for the first time on the other side of the law, using his years of experience, wits and wisdom to secure the all-important break-through.
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DCI Banks volume 4
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With Geoff now a marked man, he and daughter Evie are put under watch at a hotel while the search for Mullen is widened. However, when the suspect follows Evie's boyfriend to the location and sets off the fire alarm, he draws Geoff and Evie outside. Meanwhile, Banks believes loan shark Hargreaves is behind the hit on Marcus, and manages to extend his stay in the cell, despite having very little evidence against him.
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DCI Banks volume 6
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Morton works hard to win back Banks's approval and discovers Hexton is the biological father of murdered student Josh. The team traces the former undercover police officer to Gerald and Elaine Foster's house, but it's too late - Hexton has kidnapped lap-dancer Melanie.
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DCI Banks volume 3
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When the body of eminent lawyer Anaan Kamel is found washed up by an underground river, suspicion falls on Marcus Layton, a former employee of the victim's chambers. Text messages suggest an affair that had progressed to blackmail, but Banks and Morton struggle to find further information about Marcus. And when his corpse is found upstream in what looks to be a contract killing, the case becomes much more complicated.
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DCI Banks volume 5
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When the body of student Josh Tate is found dumped in a ravine, the investigation into his stabbing uncovers a very different man to the quiet character described by his roommate Spencer. Meanwhile, DI Morton's ex-lover Martin Hexton has arrived, claiming to be working on a local case.
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DCI Banks volume 6
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Banks begins a desperate search for daughter Tracy and her abductor, Jaff Kitson. Convinced that Al Jenkins is Jaff's accomplice in the murder of Richard Martin, Banks puts pressure on Al to lead him to Jaff, but Al remains defiant.
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DCI Banks volume 5
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When Banks' old neighbor tells him that she has discovered a gun in her teenage daughter's bedroom, his instinct is to quietly retrieve the weapon. But when Helen convinces him that she should lead a firearms team to take possession of the gun 'by the book', neither she nor Banks foresees that the incident will lead to an innocent man being critically injured.
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DCI Banks volume 2
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Banks and his team now have a murder enquiry on their hands, as the body found on the moors is identified as eleven-year old Andre Petri. With Kyle Heath still missing, Banks has to divide his team. Is there a connection between the death of Andre and the disappearance of Kyle?
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DCI Banks volume 1
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When a man and a woman claiming to be social workers come to Katy Heath's house and tell her that they need to take away her son Kyle, Katy complies. But when they fail to return her son and are unknown by social services, DCI Alan Banks is quickly drawn into a full-scale search for the missing boy.
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DCI Banks volume 1
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DCI Banks receives a disturbing phone message from estranged brother Roy and heads to Harrogate to find him. Meanwhile at a murder scene, the team is introduced to new recruit Helen Morton, who quickly alienates her colleagues with her tactless style. The officer then makes matters worse when she finds evidence linking Banks to the victim's body and speculates he could be a suspect. Unaware everyone is searching for him, the DCI begins to delve into...
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DCI Banks volume 6
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The collapse of Owen Pierce's trial has left the case wide open and there's still a killer on the loose, but Banks remains determined to build a watertight legal case against his prime suspect. As the investigation continues, Morton and Jackman uncover promising new leads focusing on Ellie's ex-boyfriend Tyler, but just as they seem to be getting close to the truth, another schoolgirl is murdered, putting Pierce in the spotlight once again.
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DCI Banks volume 5
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Frustrated that a number of cases have been knocked back by the Crown Prosecution Service, Banks and the team are called on to investigate the murder of teenager Ellie Clayton, daughter of a high-profile internet entrepreneur. The victim's background, together with the suggestion she may have been raped, means the incident is soon the subject of much media speculation, and strong evidence implicates a theatre director who ran a drama workshop the...
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DCI Banks volume 2
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DCI Banks visits his childhood home to break the news of Roy's death, and his parents plead with him to find out what happened. Defying Morton, Banks returns to the station in an attempt to lead the investigation into the murders of his brother and Jennifer Lewis, and both officers are convinced the key to cracking the cases lies with a woman being treated at a clinic.
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DCI Banks volume 2
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The officers are dismayed to learn the arson attack on the Osgoods' house has injured Michael and killed his son Robbie, and local bully Gary McCready is soon questioned. As the investigation into Katrin's murder continues, the body of an older man who died of natural causes is found buried near her grave, and when Banks suspects Jason McCready abducted missing Annika, he uncovers a shocking secret. Meanwhile, the detective gives a moving speech at...
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DCI Banks volume 1
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When the detective suffers a personal loss, he's forced to navigate a complex murder case while grieving. A young Estonian woman has been found dead, with the evidence suggesting she was buried alive. Piecing together her movements, the team uncovers a dark world of prostitution and drugs, and investigates her connection to a single father, his autistic son, and a family who seem to have silenced the town.
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DCI Banks Aftermath volume 2
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Inspector Banks concludes the chilling murder investigation that will test him to the limit.
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DCI Banks Aftermath volume 1
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When two police officers are sent to a house following a report of a disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. 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
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DCI Banks volume 2
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When Tom McMahon becomes the third victim of a spate of suspicious fires, Banks realizes he is now on the trail of a serial killer. A new discovery about the methods used by the murderer casts doubt on the alibis of all his suspects and the detective is d
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