30 Best crime books like Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson

Cover of Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson

Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes…

If you liked the crime plot in Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson , here is a list of 30 books like this:

1. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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Cover of Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) by Peter Robinson

2. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more

Similar categories in Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • banks
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detect… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Crombie's A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13) by Jo Nesbø

5. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

By: Jo Nesbø

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more

Similar categories in Jo Nesbø's Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

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6. The Dead of Winter

By: Stuart MacBride

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

It was supposed to be an easy job.All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dyi… read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's The Dead of Winter book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21) by L.J. Ross

7. Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21)

By: L.J. Ross

4.64

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE...When the body of a talented photographer is found on the r… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's Death Rocks (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #21) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Pure Evil

By: Lynda La Plante

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

ALL KILLERS WANT TO MAKE THE FRONT PAGE . . . The brilliantly gripping new thriller from the Que… read more

Similar categories in Lynda La Plante's Pure Evil book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

10. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay

11. The Lie Maker

By: Linwood Barclay

4.13

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First an… read more

Similar categories in Linwood Barclay's The Lie Maker book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

12. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

13. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Picture You Dead (Roy Grace, #18) by Peter James

14. Picture You Dead (Roy Grace, #18)

By: Peter James

4.21

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

Harry and Freya, an ordinary couple, dreamed for years of finding something priceless buried amongs… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Picture You Dead (Roy Grace, #18) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Death Message (DI Nick Dixon #13) by Damien Boyd

15. Death Message (DI Nick Dixon #13)

By: Damien Boyd

4.58

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Graffiti is a dying art in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series. A routin… read more

Similar categories in Damien Boyd's Death Message (DI Nick Dixon #13) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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16. A Winter Grave

By: Peter May

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the plane… read more

Similar categories in Peter May's A Winter Grave book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) by Elly Griffiths

17. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

18. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) by Peter James

19. Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19)

By: Peter James

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A ruthless crime. A race against time. When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9) by John Banville

20. The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9)

By: John Banville

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Booker Prize winner and “Irish master” (The New Yorker) John Banville’s most ambitious crime novel … read more

Similar categories in John Banville's The Lock-Up (Quirke, #9) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9) by Lynda La Plante

21. Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9)

By: Lynda La Plante

4.25

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice. She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, loca… read more

Similar categories in Lynda La Plante's Taste of Blood (Jane Tennison #9) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story by Peter James

22. They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story

By: Peter James

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee ChildPete… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Dead Man of Storr (The Misty Isle #2) by J.M. Dalgliesh

23. The Dead Man of Storr (The Misty Isle #2)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When the owner of a Portree gallery is found dead, lying in the snow at the foot of the Storr, D.I.… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Dalgliesh's The Dead Man of Storr (The Misty Isle #2) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon

24. So Shall You Reap

By: Donna Leon

4.07

Format: 262 pages, ebook

In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more

Similar categories in Donna Leon's So Shall You Reap book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"

-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap

Cover of Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) by Alex Gray

25. Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20)

By: Alex Gray

4.31

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER, WHEN ALL YOU HAVE ARE QUESTIONS? ___________ When a prominent MSP go… read more

Similar categories in Alex Gray's Questions for a Dead Man (DSI William Lorimer, #20) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3) by J.M. Dalgliesh

26. The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.43

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Pulling on the threads of your past... is enough to kill you... When a teenage islander goes mis… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Dalgliesh's The Talisker Dead (The Misty Isle #3) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

27. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1) by J.M. Dalgliesh

28. A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

You can’t stay dead forever… A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye’s remote C… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Dalgliesh's A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9) by J.R. Ellis

29. The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9)

By: J.R. Ellis

4.38

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

An award-winning beer worth killing for. Can DCI Oldroyd find the killer before last orders? Ste… read more

Similar categories in J.R. Ellis's The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #9) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Killing Place (D.I. Wesley Peterson, #27) by Kate Ellis

30. The Killing Place (D.I. Wesley Peterson, #27)

By: Kate Ellis

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' THE TIMES November. With the tourist seaso… read more

Similar categories in Kate Ellis's The Killing Place (D.I. Wesley Peterson, #27) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) by Mark Billingham

31. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)

By: Mark Billingham

4.41

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2) book and Peter Robinson's Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

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4.25

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Michael Connelly

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Joy Ellis

4.30

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Faith Martin

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