Inspector Banks book 6 · 1992
Wednesday’s Child
A seven-year-old girl is taken from her mother by a couple pretending to be social workers.
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Book facts
- Author
- Peter Robinson
- Series
- Inspector Banks, book 6 of 28
- Published
- 1992
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Eastvale, Yorkshire
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Wednesday’s Child on screen
- DCI Banks (2010–2016, series, ITV). Stephen Tompkinson plays the dedicated Yorkshire detective chief inspector, working the cases of Eastvale and its moors with his team.
Who is in Wednesday’s Child
5 recurring or key characters from Peter Robinson’s chart.
Lead 1
- Alan BanksDetective Chief Inspector, later Superintendent
Minor and cameo 4
- Sandra BanksBanks’s wife
- Brian BanksBanks’s son, a musician
- Tracy BanksBanks’s daughter
- GristhorpeBanks’s first superintendent
Also featuring these characters
Other Peter Robinson books that share the most characters with Wednesday’s Child.
- The Hanging Valley1989 · Inspector Banks · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Innocent Graves1996 · Inspector Banks · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Necessary End1989 · Inspector Banks · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead Right1997 · Inspector Banks · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon