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With stephen tompkinson, andrea lowe, caroline catz, jack deam. From a childrens nursery rhyme in this sixth novel in peter robinsons dci alan banks series, the titular wednesdays child is gemma scupham, a pitiful 7yearold, long abandoned by her father and woefully neglected by her blowsy, selfcentered mother, brenda scupham. Like all books by this author i find this interesting and very cleverly written. Titled as gallows view, the novel was published in the year 1987. Wednesdays child is peter robinsons sixth novel in the inspector banks series which became the major british itv drama dci banks. It was the first of robinsons novels to be shortlisted for the edgar award plot. The twentyfirst novel in the critically acclaimed dci banks series by number one bestselling author peter robinson. Originally broadcast over five series in 20102016, the series was based on peter robinsons inspector alan banks novels and stars stephen tompkinson as detective chief inspector alan banks. When a welldressed couple, claiming to be social workers, appear at brenda scuphams door, saying they must take her seven. I love dci banks and almost all books in the series have been page turners. Ever since then, robinson has written approximately one new book per year in the series.

Below is a list of peter robinsons inspector banks books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. When a mother reports her child as having been abducted by a man and a woman masquerading as social workers, banks is drawn into a strange and unsettling search for the missing boy. Wednesdays child is the sixth novel by canadian detective fiction writer peter robinson in the inspector banks series. Dci banks is a british television crime drama series produced by left bank pictures for the itv network. Central bank of kenya on wednesday fined five commercial banks that were used to handle billions of shillings from the national youth service nys. Banks and the team are instructed to look into the case of missing school girl gemma scupham who was last seen leaving the family home with two people posing as social workers. It was published in 1992, and reprinted a number of times since. Anybody who likes thrillers and crime investigation would enjoy reading the twists and turns enabling the imagination to follow the.

In 20, the series won in the drama category at the regional royal television society yorkshire. The five banks include standard chartered bank, equity, kcb, cooperative bank and diamond trust bank kenya for handling national youth service funds. Dci banks began airing on television from september 16 onwards in the year 2011. Wednesdays child dci banks, book 6 by peter robinson book cover, description, publication history. The inspector banks series began in 1987 with the novel gallows view. The first novel by peter robinson is also the first novel where detective inspector alan banks are introduced. Wednesdays child dci banks, book 6 by peter robinson. Wednesdays child is the sixth novel in peter robinsons inspector banks series, following on from past reason hated when two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at brenda scuphams door, her fear of authority leads her to comply meekly with their requests.