Order of Peter Robinson Books
Peter Robinson was an English-Canadian author of crime fiction. Robinson’s main character was Inspector Alan Banks, who works as a the DCI in a fictional town outside of Yorkshire. Robinson left England for Canada in 1974, where he occasionally teaches crime writing at the University of Toronto.
Robinson passed in October 2022.
Peter Robinson wrote his first novel in 1987, which was not only his debut, but also of his Inspector Banks character. All of Robinson’s novels and short story collections are related to the Inspector Banks character in some form or fashion. Below is a list of Peter Robinson’s books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Banks Books
Publication Order of Inspector Banks Short Stories/Novellas
| Going Back | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Like a Virgin | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Price of Love: And Other Stories | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blue Christmas | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Walking the Dog | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Summer Rain | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Caedmon's Song / The First Cut | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Cure For Love | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Before the Poison | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Not Safe After Dark | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Price of Love: And Other Stories | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Missing in Action | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Birthday Dance | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Eastvale Ladies' Poker Circle | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ferryman's Beautiful Daughter | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cherub Affair | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cornelius Jubb | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magic of Your Touch | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fan Mail | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Good Partner | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Innocence | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Granta 2: The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Like a Charm | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Merry Band of Murderers | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Penguin Book of Crime Stories | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blue Religion | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Toronto Noir | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deadly Pleasures | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crime Plus Music | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder, They Wrote: Five Bibliomysteries by Edgar Award-Winning Authors | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Dry Bones That Dream is also known as Final Account. Dead Right was also published as Blood at the Root. The Summer That Never Was is also known as Close To Home. Caedmon’s Song is also known as The First Cut.