Order of Peter Robinson Books
Peter Robinson was an English-Canadian author of crime fiction. Robinson’s main character was Inspector Alan Banks, who works as a the DCI in a fictional town outside of Yorkshire. Robinson left England for Canada in 1974, where he occasionally teaches crime writing at the University of Toronto.
Robinson passed in October 2022.
Peter Robinson wrote his first novel in 1987, which was not only his debut, but also of his Inspector Banks character. All of Robinson’s novels and short story collections are related to the Inspector Banks character in some form or fashion. Below is a list of Peter Robinson’s books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Banks Books
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Gallows View |
(1987) |
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A Dedicated Man |
(1988) |
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A Necessary End |
(1989) |
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The Hanging Valley |
(1989) |
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Past Reason Hated |
(1992) |
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Wednesday’s Child |
(1992) |
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Dry Bones That Dream/ Final Account |
(1994) |
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Innocent Graves |
(1996) |
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Dead Right / Blood at the Root |
(1997) |
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In a Dry Season |
(1999) |
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Cold is the Grave |
(2000) |
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Aftermath |
(2001) |
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The Summer That Never Was / Close to Home |
(2002) |
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Playing with Fire |
(2003) |
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Strange Affair |
(2004) |
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Piece of My Heart |
(2006) |
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Friend of the Devil |
(2007) |
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All the Colors of Darkness |
(2008) |
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Bad Boy |
(2010) |
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Watching the Dark |
(2012) |
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Children of the Revolution |
(2013) |
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Abattoir Blues / In the Dark Places |
(2014) |
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When the Music’s Over |
(2016) |
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Sleeping in the Ground |
(2017) |
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Careless Love |
(2018) |
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Many Rivers to Cross |
(2019) |
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Not Dark Yet |
(2021) |
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Standing in the Shadows |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Inspector Banks Short Stories/Novellas
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Going Back |
(2009) |
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Like a Virgin |
(2009) |
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The Price of Love: And Other Stories |
(2009) |
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Blue Christmas |
(2009) |
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Walking the Dog |
(2009) |
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Summer Rain |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Caedmon’s Song / The First Cut |
(1990) |
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No Cure For Love |
(1995) |
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Before the Poison |
(2011) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Not Safe After Dark |
(1998) |
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The Price of Love: And Other Stories |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage |
(1998) |
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Missing in Action |
(2000) |
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Birthday Dance |
(2009) |
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The Eastvale Ladies’ Poker Circle |
(2009) |
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The Ferryman’s Beautiful Daughter |
(2009) |
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The Cherub Affair |
(2009) |
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Cornelius Jubb |
(2009) |
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The Magic of Your Touch |
(2009) |
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Fan Mail |
(2016) |
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The Good Partner |
(2016) |
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Innocence |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
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The Book of Virtue |
(2012) |
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Pronghorns of the Third Reich |
(2012) |
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The Book Thing |
(2012) |
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The Book Case |
(2012) |
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An Acceptable Sacrifice |
(2012) |
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Death Leaves a Bookmark |
(2012) |
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The Final Testament |
(2013) |
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Rides a Stranger |
(2013) |
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The Long Sonata of the Dead |
(2013) |
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The Book of Ghosts |
(2013) |
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The Compendium of Srem |
(2014) |
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What’s in a Name? |
(2014) |
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Remaindered |
(2014) |
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The Sequel |
(2014) |
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The Gospel of Sheba |
(2014) |
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Book Club |
(2014) |
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The Nature of My Inheritance |
(2014) |
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It’s in the Book |
(2014) |
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The Scroll |
(2014) |
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The Book of the Lion |
(2015) |
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The Little Men |
(2015) |
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Condor in the Stacks |
(2015) |
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Mystery, Inc. |
(2015) |
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Every Seven Years |
(2015) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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The Travelling Companion |
(2016) |
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Citadel |
(2016) |
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Reconciliation Day |
(2016) |
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Dead Dames Don’t Sing |
(2016) |
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The Haze |
(2016) |
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Hoodoo Harry |
(2017) |
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The Pretty Little Box |
(2018) |
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Seven Years |
(2018) |
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The Hemingway Valise |
(2018) |
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The Last Honest Horse Thief |
(2018) |
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The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository |
(2018) |
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The Girl Who Did Say No |
(2020) |
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The Traitor |
(2022) |
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The Dark Door |
(2022) |
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The Honeymoon Trap |
(2022) |
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Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
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The Book of Virtue |
(2012) |
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The Scroll |
(2014) |
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Pronghorns of the Third Reich |
(2012) |
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An Acceptable Sacrifice |
(2012) |
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Death Leaves a Bookmark |
(2012) |
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Seven Years |
(2018) |
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The Book Thing |
(2012) |
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The Book of Ghosts |
(2013) |
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Book Club |
(2014) |
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The Long Sonata of the Dead |
(2013) |
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The Final Testament |
(2013) |
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Rides a Stranger |
(2013) |
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What’s in a Name? |
(2014) |
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It’s in the Book |
(2014) |
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The Nature of My Inheritance |
(2014) |
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Remaindered |
(2014) |
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The Compendium of Srem |
(2014) |
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The Gospel of Sheba |
(2014) |
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The Sequel |
(2014) |
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The Book of the Lion |
(2015) |
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The Little Men |
(2015) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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Every Seven Years |
(2015) |
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Citadel |
(2016) |
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Condor in the Stacks |
(2015) |
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Mystery, Inc. |
(2015) |
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The Travelling Companion |
(2016) |
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The Haze |
(2016) |
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Dead Dames Don’t Sing |
(2016) |
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Reconciliation Day |
(2016) |
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Hoodoo Harry |
(2017) |
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The Pretty Little Box |
(2018) |
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The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository |
(2018) |
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The Hemingway Valise |
(2018) |
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The Last Honest Horse Thief |
(2018) |
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The Book Case |
(2012) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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The Girl Who Did Say No |
(2020) |
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The Traitor |
(2022) |
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The Dark Door |
(2022) |
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The Honeymoon Trap |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Granta 2: The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. |
(1990) |
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100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory |
(1991) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 |
(1999) |
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The Oxford Book of Detective Stories |
(2000) |
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Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories |
(2000) |
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The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 |
(2000) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 |
(2001) |
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Like a Charm |
(2004) |
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The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction |
(2004) |
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The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 |
(2004) |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill |
(2005) |
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A Merry Band of Murderers |
(2006) |
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The Penguin Book of Crime Stories |
(2007) |
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The Blue Religion |
(2008) |
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Toronto Noir |
(2008) |
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Deadly Pleasures |
(2013) |
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Crime Plus Music |
(2016) |
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Murder, They Wrote: Five Bibliomysteries by Edgar Award-Winning Authors |
(2018) |
Notes: Dry Bones That Dream is also known as Final Account. Dead Right was also published as Blood at the Root. The Summer That Never Was is also known as Close To Home. Caedmon’s Song is also known as The First Cut.