A review by angrygreycatreads
The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson

4.0

The Hanging Valley is book 4 in the Inspector Banks series. In this book in the series, Banks travels to a picturesque community where a fells walker has found a faceless corpse on his hike. Obviously a murder, Banks soon uncovers links to a past murder that was never solved and a community member who disappeared without a trace. There are wealthy brother landowners, displaced farmers, newly landed recently divorced gentry, an unhappy wife and bully boy husband rounding out the cast in the community. Very well written mystery, richly developed characters with a sense of despair that comes through, and an engaging story line. I have many more to read in this long running series.