AUDIENCE: For fans of the Inspector Banks series and other bestselling crime/police procedural series by authors like Tana French, Lisa Gardner, Elizabeth George, and Linwood Barclay. For Escapists and Unwinders.  

INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES: The Inspector Banks series has an international following, making Robinson a top bestseller in the U.K., a New York Times bestselling author, and a national bestseller in Canada.

SERIES MOMENTUM: Many Rivers to Cross (#26), debuted at #5 and then rose to #3 on both the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail Canadian Fiction list. Careless Love (#25), reached #2 on the Canadian Fiction List for both the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail.

LIFETIME SALES: Robinson’s books have sold over half a million copies.

CONSISTENT MEDIA COVERAGE: The series continues to get excellent exposure. Not Dark Yet (#27) was a Sunday Times bestseller in the U.K.

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Peter Robinson has been recognized and won multiple top crime awards around the world, and in 2020, Robinson was presented with the Grand Master Award by the Crime Writers of Canada.

PUBLISHING PARTNERS: Hodder will publish in the U.K. in March 2023 and HarperCollins will publish in the U.S. in May 2023.

PETER ROBINSON was a beloved crime novelist whose work spanned thirty-five years. His final novel, Standing In the Shadows, is the twenty-eighth installment in the Inspector Banks series. His critically acclaimed books have won numerous awards in Britain, the United States, and Europe, and are published in translation all over the world. He also wrote two collections of short stories, and three stand-alone novels, including the #1 bestseller Before the Poison, winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, Sweden’s Golden Crowbar Award, and the Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. In 2020, Robinson was presented with the Grand Master Award by the Crime Writers of Canada. Several Inspector Banks novels have been adapted for television by ITV and have appeared on PBS. Peter, who grew up in the United Kingdom, lived with his wife, Sheila Halladay, in Toronto, Ontario, and Richmond, Yorkshire. Visit www.inspectorbanks.com.

Author Residence: Toronto, ON and Richmond, UK

Author Hometown: Leeds, UK

Praise for Peter Robinson and Standing in the Shadows

“’Let me start at the beginning,’ is the last line of the late, great Peter Robinson’s 28th Inspector Alan Banks novel, and it really does tie up the ends of one of crime fiction’s finest series. [Robinson’s] finest pages are the careful hunt for the clues to uncover motives and histories and dead bodies that no one missed or bothered to report. That’s what Standing in the Shadows does to perfection as he moves back and forward in time and place right to the final beginning at the beginning. This is a great finale to a superb series.”—Globe and Mail

“[O]ne of the finest police procedural writers around… [Standing in the Shadows] is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson’s best work. Knowing it’s his last makes the reading bittersweet.”—New York Times Book Review

“Readers will love getting a fascinating primer in both modern forensics and archaeological techniques…. As usual, Banks’ steadfast, multifaceted character holds his team and the story itself together….The ending, in which the two narratives join, is a stunner.”—Booklist

“As always in the Banks novels, readers will enjoy the details of pop culture and social history. This is an intelligent and satisfying procedural.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[An] intriguing Sherlock Holmes-type mystery.” --Buzzfeed

“A fascinating mystery…. Standing in the Shadows delivers a true whodunit mystery packed with details. When the dust settles, readers will find a satisfying ending that ties up all the loose ends.”—Novels Alive

“Another thrilling ride with Inspector Banks and his crew…. Fans of the series will love this one.”—Red Carpet Crash

“Standing in the Shadows is textbook Robinson, expertly conceived and suspenseful from start to finish…. One of the best mystery/thriller series in the business.”—Book Reporter

“A serpentine, multilayered and intricate novel…Death stands powerless before Robinson’s legacy, which will endure for longtime admirers who will recapture the magic via rereading and for those lucky souls who have yet to discover his achievements.”—Free-Lance Star

“Devoted to detail, [Robinson] excelled at forging storylines that rivet the reader, characters whose experiences include trials as well as triumphs, and precise prose that confirm his bona fides as a master stylist…. Standing in the Shadows represents the climactic close of his career.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Peter Robinson’s superior plotting skills, strong social conscience, palpable sense of place, and, not least, voracious love of music put him in the pantheon of contemporary British crime writers…a lovely way to remember Banks and his creator, who leaves behind a legacy of novels that explore the thorniest regions of the heart, mind, and soul.” ––Air Mail


Praise for Peter Robinson and the Inspector Banks series

“The best series now on the market. Try one and tell me I’m wrong.”—Stephen King

“Peter Robinson writes with compassion, with depth, with the assurance of a writer at the top of his game.“—Louise Penny, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller THE LONG WAY HOME

“Peter Robinson is a master…”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times-bestselling author of DIE AGAIN