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Peter Robinson

Inspector Alan Banks is a series of 19 books by Peter Robinson: 3,683 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 68 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

19
books
3,683
pages in 9 of them
68 hours
to read those 9
136 days
at 30 minutes a day
Gallows View 1987 length not known
A Dedicated Man 1988 length not known
A Necessary End 1989 length not known
The Hanging Valley 1989 6.8 h
Past Reason Hated 1990 length not known
Wednesday's Child 1992 6.6 h
Dry Bones That Dream 1994 length not known
Innocent Graves 1996 6.7 h
Dead Right 1997 length not known
In a Dry Season 1999 8.1 h Cold is the Grave 2000 8.3 h Aftermath 2001 8.5 h
The Summer That Never Was 2003 length not known
Playing with Fire 2004 length not known
Strange Affair 2005 7.3 h Piece of My Heart 2006 8.1 h
Friend of the Devil 2007 length not known
All the Colors of Darkness 2008 7.3 h
Watching The Dark 2012 length not known

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. Gallows View 1987 length not known

  2. A Dedicated Man 1988 length not known

  3. A Necessary End 1989 length not known

  4. The Hanging Valley 1989 6.8 h

    A hiker's discomposing corpse is discovered by an unsuspecting tourist.

  5. Past Reason Hated 1990 length not known

  6. Wednesday's Child 1992 6.6 h

  7. Dry Bones That Dream 1994 length not known

  8. Innocent Graves 1996 6.7 h

  9. Dead Right 1997 length not known

  10. In a Dry Season 1999 8.1 h

  11. Cold is the Grave 2000 8.3 h

    The nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a pornographic website, and the girl's father turns to Detective Chief Inspector Alan banks for help.

  12. Aftermath 2001 8.5 h

    Number 35 The Hill is a house in an ordinary street, owned by an apparently ordinary young couple.

  13. The Summer That Never Was 2003 length not known

  14. Playing with Fire 2004 length not known

  15. Strange Affair 2005 7.3 h

    "The dead woman in the car had been running from something -- but she didn't run far or fast enough.

  16. Piece of My Heart 2006 8.1 h

  17. Friend of the Devil 2007 length not known

  18. All the Colors of Darkness 2008 7.3 h

  19. Watching The Dark 2012 length not known

How much is left

After Gallows View about 68 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length
After A Dedicated Man about 68 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length
After A Necessary End about 68 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After The Hanging Valley about 61 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After Past Reason Hated about 61 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After Wednesday's Child about 54 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After Dry Bones That Dream about 54 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After Innocent Graves about 47 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After Dead Right about 47 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After In a Dry Season about 39 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After Cold is the Grave about 31 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After Aftermath about 23 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After The Summer That Never Was about 23 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After Playing with Fire about 23 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Strange Affair about 15 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Piece of My Heart about 7 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Friend of the Devil about 7 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 67 hours 31 minutes

9 of 19 books, 3,683 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

136 days (about 20 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.