Inspector Banks · Book 8

Innocent Graves

Published
1 January 1996
Pages
376
ISBN-13
9780380820436
Type
novel
Cover of Innocent Graves

About this book

Innocent Graves (1996), the eighth Inspector Banks novel at 376 pages, sits between Dry Bones That Dream and Dead Right. It continues Peter Robinson's slow-burn approach to Yorkshire crime fiction, favouring the fault lines of small-town England over twist-driven plotting.

Key facts about Innocent Graves

Peter Robinson wrote Innocent Graves, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1996. The book has 376 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780380820436 to find the main one.

Innocent Graves is book 8 of 28 in the Inspector Banks series. The series has 28 published books. However, the series starts with Gallows View (1987). Watching the Dark is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 16 August 2012.

That series sits on our police procedural shelf. Meanwhile, Standing in the Shadows is the latest published Peter Robinson book on file, from 2023.

About Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson was a British-Canadian crime novelist best known for the Inspector Alan Banks series, a long-running police procedural set in and around the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale. See every Peter Robinson book in order.

Its place in Inspector Banks

Innocent Graves is book 8 in the Inspector Banks series. It follows Dry Bones That Dream. It is followed by Dead Right. See the full Inspector Banks reading order.

Alan Banks left a burnt-out career in the Metropolitan Police for what he expected to be a quieter posting in the fictional Yorkshire market town of Eastvale — and instead spent nearly three decades investigating murders that dig into the fault lines of small-town and rural England: old grudges, class resentment, and secrets that surface decades later. Peter Robinson wrote Banks as a genuine music and whisky enthusiast whose personal tastes colour the prose, and let his home life evolve in real time across the…

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