<p><b>‘The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong’ Stephen King</b><br><br><i>The Hanging Valley</i> is the fourth novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.<br><br><b>TWO MURDERS. A MISSING PERSON. A VILLAGE WITH A TERRIBLE SECRET.</b><br><br>A faceless corpse is found in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead, the victim’s identity deliberately obscured. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks's frustration only grows when he suspects his latest case might be connected with an unsolved murder and a missing local woman, which occurred in the same area five years ago.<br><br>Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in the area. When they start using their in