What is the best Peter Robinson book? Do you have to read Peter Robinson books in order?

Peter Robinson was a British-born Canadian crime writer. Peter Robinson’s bests books are his Yorkshire-set crime novels featuring Inspector Alan Banks.

Should you read Chief Inspector Alan Banks’s novel Chronological Order by Peter Robinson?

Each story in the Inspector Banks series is distinct from the others; however, as with most crime and mystery series, it is best to read each book in publication order to get the most out of the character development.

Except for the two short story publications, this is also the chronological order. It should begin with Gallows View and progress to Children of the Revolution, followed by Abattoir Blues when the most recent book is released in bookstores.

Peter Robinson also wrote several other novels and short stories, as well as some poems and two writing articles.

Robinson received the Grand Master Award from Crime Writers of Canada in 2020, and the Derrick Murdoch Award in 2010.

Peter Robinson had received the Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award two years prior. He died on 4 October 2022, at the age of 72